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HURRICANE ANDREW ADVISORY NUMBER 41A 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
6 AM CDT WED AUG 26 1992

...HURRICANE ANDREW INLAND OVER SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
 
HURRICANE WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
WESTWARD THROUGH PORT ARTHUR TEXAS AND ARE DISCONTINUED WEST OF PORT
ARTHUR.

AS THE HURRICANE MOVES INLAND THE MAJOR THREAT WILL SHIFT TO HEAVY
RAINFALL WITH A POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODS.

AT 6 AM CDT...1100Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  91.7 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
 
RADAR REPORTS INDICATE THAT ANDREW HAS MOVED LITTLE DURING THE PAST
HOUR BUT IS EXPECTED TO RESUME A GENERAL NORTHERLY MOTION THIS
MORNING WITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 115 MPH.  AS THE CENTER MOVES
FURTHER INLAND... ANDREW IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN RAPIDLY. THE MORGAN
CITY POWER PLANT REPORTED WINDS OF 75 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 95 MPH A FEW
HOURS AGO.   SUBSEQUENTLY THERE WAS AN UNOFFICIAL REPORT OF A GUST
TO 125 MPH IN THAT CITY.  WITHIN THE PAST HOUR THE NEW IBERIA EOC
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 120 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 160 MPH. 
 
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.  

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND
MISSISSIPPI. 

REPEATING THE 6 AM CDT POSITION...29.9 N... 91.7 W. MOVEMENT
DRIFTING NORTHWARD.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH.
 
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 8 AM CDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY ISSUANCE
AT 10 AM CDT.
 
GERRISH