FVXX22 KWBC 122000
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT
ISSUED 2000 UTC 12 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC 
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SOUFRIERE HILLS   99-262   WEST INDIES  16.7N 62.2W 
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BACKGROUND:      SOUFRIERE HILLS   MONTSERRAT  (1600-05)
                 SUMMIT HEIGHT  3000 FT  (915 M)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORT

ERUPTION DETAILS:   MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED AN
ERUPTION OF THE SOUFRIERE VOLCANO AT 1310 UTC TO FL100 WITH ASH
MOVING WEST.

DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: ASH WAS NEVER OBSERVED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY
FROM THIS EVENT ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE METEOROLOGICAL
CLOUDS IN THE AREA.
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TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR DATA SUGGESTS ASH AT OR BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE
WEST AT 10KT.
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REAL TIME SATELLITE IMAGERY ALONG WITH THIS AND OTHER VOLCANIC ASH
ADVISORY STATEMENTS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY A MAP DEPICTING ASH
LOCATION ARE AVAILABLE AT INTERNET URL ADDRESS  
www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html
(all lower case except /VAAC/)
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OUTLOOK:  SEE LATEST SIGMETS.
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THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT.

PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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