FVXX20 KWBC 032030 . VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY STATEMENT ISSUED 2030 UTC 03 APR 1999 BY THE WASHINGTON VAAC . SOUFRIERE HILLS 99-087 WEST INDIES 16.72N 62.18W . BACKGROUND: SOUFRIERE HILLS MONTSERRAT (1600-05) SUMMIT HEIGHT 3000 FT (915 M) . SOURCES OF INFORMATION: MONTSERRAT VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. GOES-8 VISIBLE AND MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY. 1200 UTC GUADELOUPE SOUNDING. . ERUPTION DETAILS: ERUPTION AT 03/1549 UTC. . DETAILS OF ASH CLOUD: SATELLITE IMAGERY THROUGH 1945 UTC HAS SHOWN THE ASH CLOUD FROM THE 1549 UTC ERUPTION HAS NOW BECOME TO FAINT TO BE DETECTED AROUND 141 KM (76 NMI) EAST NORTHEAST OF THE SUMMIT NEAR POINT 17.15N 60.93W. THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF ACTIVITY FROM THE OBSERVATORY. . TRAJECTORY: N/A . 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/messages.html (all lower case except /VAAC/) . OUTLOOK: SEE SIGMETS AND VAFTAD. . THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BEFORE 04/0230 UTC. . PLEASE REFER TO SIGMETS FOR CURRENT WARNINGS. . NNNN