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HURRICANE ANDREW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  40A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
12 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

    ....ANDREW LASHING THE LOUSIANA COAST... 
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI
WESTWARD THROUGH THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA OF TEXAS.
 
THE HURRICANE WATCH EXTENDS FROM WEST OF THE BOLIVAR PENINSULA
TO FREEPORT TEXAS.

THE EYE OF ANDREW IS NOW MOVING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST.

ALL RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN LOUISIANA SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM THIS EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS HURRICANE.
 
AT 12 AM CDT...0500Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.3 WEST OR ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND ABOUT 85 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE
LOUSIANA. 
 
RECENT RADAR IMAGES AND REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT
AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE CENTER OF ANDREW HAS BEEN WOBBLING IN A
GENERAL NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT A SLIGHTLY REDUCED FORWARD SPEED
...ABOUT 11 MPH.  THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 125 MPH...AND
ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS LIKELY AS THE HURRICANE INTERACTS WITH LAND.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175
MILES.
 
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE RESERVE
UNIT PLANE WAS 954 MB...28.17 INCHES.

STORM SURGES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.

HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO 1O INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THE
HURRICANE. THE DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED 

A TORNADO INFLICTING INJURIES HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM LAPLACE
LOUISIANA. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS
OF LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
 
REPEATING THE 12 AM CDT POSITION...29.2 N... 91.3 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...NORTHWEST NEAR 11 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 954 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE
AT 4 AM CDT.
 
RAPPAPORT/GERRISH