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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER  36
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT MON AUG 24 1992
 
...HURRICANE WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST...

HURRICANE WARNINGS EXTEND FROM PASCAGOULA MISSISSIPPI THROUGH
VERMILLION BAY LOUISIANA. A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
WEST OF VERMILLION BAY WESTWARD TO SABINE PASS TEXAS...AND FROM EAST
OF PASCAGOULA EASTWARD TO MOBILE ALABAMA...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE
AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA
COAST..AND RESIDENTS IN THOSE AREAS SHOULD SEE LOCAL NWS COASTAL
FORECASTS FOR CONDITIONS IN THEIR AREA.
 
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE  85.7 WEST OR ABOUT 365 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS.
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 17 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TO
THE WEST NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH AND SOME STRENGTHENING IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 140 MILES.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  945 MB...27.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 11 PM EDT POSITION...26.3 N... 85.7 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...WEST NEAR 17 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE... 945 MB.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 AM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
ISSUANCE AT 5 AM EDT...TUESDAY.
 
RAPPAPORT