FVXX22 KWBC 011023 VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 1023 UTC 01 MAY 2000 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 00-075 WEST INDIES 1643N 6211W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: GOES-8 VISIBLE AND INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY. MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION OCCURRED AT 01/1000 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: THE MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY REPORTED THAT AN ERUPTION OF SOUFRIERE HILLS OCCURRED AROUND 1000 UTC. THE OBSERVATORY INDICATED ASH TO BETWEEN FL060 AND FL080 MOVING NORTH. SATELLITE DATA THROUGH 1015 UTC SHOWED CLOUD COVER OVER THE ISLAND AND SURROUNDING VICINITY WITH NO INDICATION OF ASH. . TRAJECTORY: TOWARDS THE NORTH AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS. . THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY 1600 UTC OR SOONER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. . 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. . TURK . NNNN