FVXX22 KWBC 180310 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 0310 UTC 18 APR 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . POPOCATEPETL 00-021 MEXICO 1901N 9837W . BACKGROUND: POPOCATEPETL MEXICO (1401-09) SUMMIT HEIGHT 17930 FT (5465 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 INFRARED AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 17/1455 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 18/0245 UTC SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ASH. THE ASH OBSERVED EARLIER TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE VOLCANO HAS DISSIPATED. NO FURTHER ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REPORTED. . TRAJECTORY: N/A OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD . THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS EVENT. . 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 http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/washington.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . ORRISON . NNNN