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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER  31A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM EDT MON AUG 24 1992

...OUTER RAINBANDS OF EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE ANDREW SPREADING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COASTLINE...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS...THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST FROM VERO BEACH SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FLORIDA
KEYS TO THE DRY TORTUGAS INCLUDING FLORIDA BAY...THE FLORIDA WEST
COAST SOUTH OF VENICE...AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE.  A HURRICANE WATCH
AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE FLORIDA EAST
COAST FROM VERO BEACH NORTHWARD TO TITUSVILLE...AND ON THE FLORIDA
WEST COAST NORTH OF VENICE TO BAYPORT.  THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR
THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

RADAR DATA...SATELLITE PICTURES...AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT ANDREW IS
APPROACHING THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA COAST.  THE CENTER OF ANDREW IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INLAND NEAR MIAMI AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. 
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS OVER SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
ALREADY BEING OBSERVED AT FOWEY ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE.   
 
AT 1 AM EDT...0500Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE  78.9 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES
...140 KM...EAST OF MIAMI.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH...28 KM/HR... AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...225 KM/HR...AND
SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 105 MILES...165 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  941 MB...27.79 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 14 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR SOME LOCATIONS IN THE NORTHWEST BAHAMAS.  STORM
SURGES OF 7 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDES ARE LIKELY FOR THE
FLORIDA EAST COAST AND KEYS NEAR TO WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA...WITH POSSIBLE HEIGHTS OF 9 TO 13 FEET IN
BISCAYNE BAY.  STORM SURGES OF 7 TO 11 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ON THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST NEAR AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER AFTER THE
PASSAGE OF THE HURRICANE.  

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE.

A FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTH AND CENTRAL FLORIDA
TODAY.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM EDT POSITION...25.4 N... 78.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 941 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 3 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE
AT 5 AM EDT.
 
RAPPAPORT/GERRISH/PASCH