ZCZC MIAWRKAP4 LOC TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER 41A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992 ...HURRICANE ANDREW INLAND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE WESTWARD THROUGH CAMERON LOUISIANA AND ARE DISCONTINUED WEST OF CAMERON. AT 8 AM CDT...1300Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.7 WEST OR ABOUT 30 SOUTHWEST OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA. RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THAT ANDREW IS NOW DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWARD. AS THE HURRICANE MOVES INLAND THE MAJOR THREAT IS SHIFTING TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND MISSIPPI. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 100 MPH AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE HURRICANE REMAINS OVER LAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES NORTH AND 70 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP 45 MILES NORTH AND 140 MILES SOUTH OF THE CENTER. STORM SURGES ALONG THE SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST WILL BE SUBSIDING TODAY. HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO 10 INCHES MAY OCCUR IN THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE...POTENTIALLY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODS. REPEATING THE 8 AM CDT POSITION...30.2 N... 91.7 W. MOVEMENT DRIFTING NORTHWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH. ANOTHER INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 10 AM CDT. LAWRENCE