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HURRICANE ANDREW INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER  39B
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
8 PM CDT TUE AUG 25 1992
 
...POWERFUL HURRICANE ANDREW BEARING DOWN ON THE LOUISIANA 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...AND FROM EAST OF PASCAGOULA EASTWARD TO MOBILE
ALABAMA...INCLUDING ALL OF MOBILE AND BALDWIN COUNTIES.
 
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE ANDREW IS CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE
LOUISIANA COAST.  ALL RESIDENTS IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL PREPARATIONS.  ALL RESIDENTS IN
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA SHOULD COMPLETE ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE
AND PROPERTY...INCLUDING EVACUATIONS ORDERED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
OFFICIALS...AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AT 8 PM CDT...2300Z...THE CENTER OF ANDREW WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 28.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE  90.7 WEST OR ABOUT 85 MILES
SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS...AND 140 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA.
 
ANDREW IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TONIGHT AND 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.  HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE SPREADING OVER PORTIONS OF
THE COASTAL PARISHES OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA. 
ANDREW WILL REMAIN A DANGEROUS HURRICANE EVEN AFTER IT MOVES INLAND
ON WEDNESDAY.

LATEST AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL 
PRESSURE OF 940 MB...27.75 INCHES.

STORM SURGES OF 10 TO 15 FEET ARE POSSIBLE NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL.
 
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
 
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED IN THE PATH OF THE HURRICANE.  AS THE
FORWARD MOTION SLOWS...SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RAIN AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 10 INCHES.
 
SMALL CRAFT SHOULD STAY IN PORT FROM MOBILE ALABAMA TO APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA.

REPEATING THE 8 PM CDT POSITION...28.7 N... 90.7W. MOVEMENT TOWARD
...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...140 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 940 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 PM CDT.
 
AVILA