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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER  40
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 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 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.1 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS AND ABOUT 100 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE
LOUSIANA. 
 
ANDREW IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 140 MPH...AND LITTLE CHANGE IN
INTENSITY IS EXPECTED BEFORE LANDFALL.
 
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 950 MB...28.03 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.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
 
REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...29.0 N... 91.1 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 950 MB.
 
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT MIDNIGHT CDT AND 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT
COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE AT 4 AM CDT...WEDNESDAY.
 
AVILA