FVXX22 KWBC 172230
VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT-CORRECTION
ISSUED 2230 UTC 17 NOV 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC
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SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-264 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. 1200
UTC GUADELOUPE SOUNDING. GOES-8 VISIBLE IMAGERY
ERUPTION DETAILS: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED AN
ERUPTION OF THE SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO AT 1535 UTC TO FL100.
DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: DENSE CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE LENNY
PREVENT ANY DETECTION OF ASH FROM THE EARLIER ERUPTION.
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TRAJECTORY: UPPER AIR DATA SUGGESTS ASH AT OR BELOW FL100 WOULD MOVE
TOWARD THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST.
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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 WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT.
PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS.
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