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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER  23
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 AM AST SAT AUG 22 1992

        ...ANDREW STRENGTHENS AND MOVES WESTWARD...
...A HURRICANE WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE NW BAHAMAS... 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BAHAMAS HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE
NORTHWEST BAHAMAS WHICH INCLUDES ANDROS ISLAND AND ELEUTHERA ISLAND
NORTHWARD THROUGH GRAND BAHAMA AND GREAT ABACO.

LATEST REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATE THAT ANDREW CONTINUES TO
STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY AND IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR  90 MPH...150 KM/HR...AND SOME FURTHER STRENGTHENING
IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AT 11 AM AST...1500Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  69.0 WEST OR ABOUT 700 MILES
...1130 KM...EAST OF MIAMI FLORIDA.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 14 MPH...22 KM/HR...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY AND SUNDAY.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  30 MILES... 45 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO  85 MILES...140 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  974 MB...28.76 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 AM AST POSITION...25.9 N... 69.0 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 90 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 974 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM AST FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
ISSUANCE AT 5 PM AST.
 
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