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HURRICANE ANDREW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  38A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
1 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992
 
...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS REACH SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST... 

HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
WESTWARD THROUGH THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA OF TEXAS.
 
THE HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF THE BOLIVAR
PENINSULA TO FREEPORT TEXAS...AND FROM EAST OF PASCAGOULA EASTWARD
TO MOBILE ALABAMA...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE ANDREW IS BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE
LOUISIANA COAST.  ALL PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY...
INCLUDING EVACUATIONS ORDERED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS...
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  89.8 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS AND 215 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  STEERING
CURRENTS MAY WEAKEN WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND THE FORWARD
MOTION OF ANDREW MAY DECREASE.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...AND LITTLE
SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY BEFORE LANDFALL.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES... FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 175 MILES.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOW SPREADING
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE COASTAL
PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
 
LATEST AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE OF 943 MB...27.85 INCHES...WITHIN THE PAST HOUR.
 
STORM SURGES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA.
 
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.  AS THE
FORWARD MOTION SLOWS...SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RAIN AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 10 INCHES.
 
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT FROM MOBILE ALABAMA TO APPALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.  SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR OTHER PORTIONS
OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST..AND RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD SEE
LOCAL NWS COASTAL FORECASTS FOR CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA.

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...27.8 N... 89.8 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 943 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 4 PM CDT.
 
MAYFIELD