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HURRICANE ANDREW INTERMEDITE ADVISORY NUMBER  36A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 AM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992
 
...HURRICANE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...

HURRICANE WARNINGS EXTEND FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI THROUGH
VERMILLION BAY LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
WEST OF VERMILLION BAY WESTWARD TO SABINE PASS TEXAS...AND FROM EAST
OF PASCAGOULA EASTWARD TO MOBILE ALABAMA...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST
COAST OF FLORIDA..AND RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD SEE LOCAL NWS
COASTAL FORECASTS FOR CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA.
 
AT 1 AM CDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE  86.8 WEST OR ABOUT 305 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH AND MAKING A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE WEST NORTHWEST.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH AND SOME STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.  DATA AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES.
THAT MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD REACH THE COAST OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  947 MB...27.97 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 1 AM CDT POSITION...26.3 N... 86.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...THE WEST NEAR 18 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH. 
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 947 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 5 AM EDT.
 
RAPPAPORT