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AVO/USGS Volcanic Activity Notice

Volcano: Redoubt (CAVW #1103-03-)

Current Volcano Alert Level: WARNING
Previous Volcano Alert Level: NONE

Current Aviation Color Code: RED
Previous Aviation Color Code: NONE

Issued: Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:12 AM AKDT (20090330/1812Z)
Source: Alaska Volcano Observatory
Notice Number: 2009/A30
Location: N 60 deg 29 min W 152 deg 44 min
Elevation: 10197 ft (3108 m)
Area: Cook Inlet-South Central Alaska

Volcanic Activity Summary: An ash emission event at Redoubt volcano occurred at 9:44 AKDT (17:44 UTC) this morning and produced an ash plume to about 27,000 feet above sea level. The event lasted for about 10 minutes and appears to have ended.

Remarks: Radar showed a cloud top at 27,000 ft above sea level at the time of heightened tremor.

Contacts: Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS
tlmurray@usgs.gov (907) 786-7497

Steve McNutt, Coordinating Scientist, UAF
steve@giseis.alaska.edu (907) 474-7131

Next Notice: A new VAN will be issued if conditions change significantly or alert levels are modified. While a VAN is in effect, regularly scheduled updates are posted at
http://www.avo.alaska.edu

The Alaska Volcano Observatory is a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
(1) VOLCANO OBSERVATORY NOTICE FOR AVIATION (VONA)
(2) Issued:(20090330/1812Z)
(3) Volcano:Redoubt (CAVW# 1103-03-)
(4) Current Color Code:RED
(5) Previous Color Code:
(6) Source:Alaska Volcano Observatory
(7) Notice Number:2009/A30
(8) Volcano Location:N 60 deg 29 min W 152 deg 44 min
(9) Area:Cook Inlet-South Central Alaska
(10) Summit Elevation:10197 ft (3108 m)
(11) Volcanic Activity Summary:An ash emission event at Redoubt volcano occurred at 9:44 AKDT (17:44 UTC) this morning and produced an ash plume to about 27,000 feet above sea level. The event lasted for about 10 minutes and appears to have ended.
(12) Volcanic cloud height:Unknown
(13) Other volcanic cloud information:Unknown
(14) Remarks:Radar showed a cloud top at 27,000 ft above sea level at the time of heightened tremor.
(15) Contacts:Tom Murray, Scientist-in-Charge, USGS
tlmurray@usgs.gov (907) 786-7497

Steve McNutt, Coordinating Scientist, UAF
steve@giseis.alaska.edu (907) 474-7131
(16) Next Notice:A new VONA will be issued if conditions change significantly or alert levels are modified. While a VONA is in effect, regularly scheduled updates are posted at
http://www.avo.alaska.edu