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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER  22
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST SAT AUG 22 1992

   ....ANDREW BECOMES THE FIRST HURRICANE OF THE 1992 SEASON...

LATEST INFORMATION FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT INDICATE
THAT ANDREW HAS REACHED HURRICANE INTENSITY.  AT 5 AM
AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.5 WEST OR ABOUT 800 MILES...1280
KM...EAST OF MIAMI FLORIDA.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/HR
...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR. SOME GRADUAL
INCREASE IN STRENGTH IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  25 MILES... 35 KM...FROM THE
CENTER.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES..
..140 KM.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE AIR FORCE
RESERVE UNIT PLANE WAS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...25.8 N... 67.5 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...994 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
AT 11 AM AST.
 
AVILA