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Addendum
Hurricane Andrew
16 - 28 August, 1992
Ed Rappaport
National Hurricane Center
7 February 2005
STORM IMAGES
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The last radar image taken from NHC before
the WSR-57 radar was blown off the roof, 0835 UTC August 24, 1992.
(120K JPEG)
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Infrared image of Andrew over Dade county
at 0900 UTC August 24, 1992. (566K GIF)
The landfall pressure has since been revised to 922 mb.
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NWS Melbourne WSR-88D image of Andrew
over South Florida, 1011 UTC August 24, 1992. (99K GIF)
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Map of selected observations in Dade
county. (24K GIF)
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Visible image of Andrew approaching south
Louisiana at 2000 UTC August 25, 1992. (349K GIF)
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NWS Houston WSR-88D image of Andrew
making landfall over Louisiana, 0746 UTC August 26, 1992. (99K GIF)
ANDREW'S DAMAGE
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The roof sign says it all! (555K GIF)
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Lakes by the Bay (751K GIF)
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Naranja Lakes (524K GIF)
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Naranja Lakes (563K GIF)
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Naranja Lakes (520K GIF)
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Homestead Fl. (530K GIF)
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Homestead Fl. (434K GIF)
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Homestead Fl. (324K GIF)
Additional damage images courtesy of
Roger Edwards
of the
Storm Prediction Center.
In their 2004 paper, Landsea et al. (Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 (11), 1699-1712 document a reanalysis of the intensity of Hurricane Andrew. Their paper discusses the reasons for the reanalysis, the process used, supporting references, and the resulting changes to the "Best Track" estimates of the hurricane's maximum sustained wind speed. In particular, Hurricane Andrew is now indicated to have made landfall on the lower Florida east coast with Category 5 intensity on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The revised best track table for Hurricane Andrew appears below.This addendum also provides two unofficial observations that were not included in previous National Hurricane Center reports on Hurricane Andrew:
1. A minimum pressure of 28.75 inches at 11011 SW 140th Ave., Miami.
2. A wind gust of 103 kt at 4:55 am at 12970 Southwest 2nd St., Miami.
| Date/Time (UTC) | Position | Pressure (mb) |
Wind Speed (kt) | Stage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lat. (°N) | Lon. (°W) | ||||
| 16/1800 | 10.8 | 35.5 | 1010 | 25 | Tropical Depression |
| 17/0000 | 11.2 | 37.4 | 1009 | 30 | " " |
| 0600 | 11.7 | 39.6 | 1008 | 30 | " " |
| 1200 | 12.3 | 42.0 | 1006 | 35 | Tropical Storm |
| 1800 | 13.1 | 44.2 | 1003 | 35 | " " |
| 18/0000 | 13.6 | 46.2 | 1002 | 40 | " " |
| 0600 | 14.1 | 48.0 | 1001 | 45 | " " |
| 1200 | 14.6 | 49.9 | 1000 | 45 | " " |
| 1800 | 15.4 | 51.8 | 1000 | 45 | " " |
| 19/0000 | 16.3 | 53.5 | 1001 | 45 | " " |
| 0600 | 17.2 | 55.3 | 1002 | 45 | " " |
| 1200 | 18.0 | 56.9 | 1005 | 45 | " " |
| 1800 | 18.8 | 58.3 | 1007 | 45 | " " |
| 20/0000 | 19.8 | 59.3 | 1011 | 40 | " " |
| 0600 | 20.7 | 60.0 | 1013 | 40 | " " |
| 1200 | 21.7 | 60.7 | 1015 | 40 | " " |
| 1800 | 22.5 | 61.5 | 1014 | 40 | " " |
| 21/0000 | 23.2 | 62.4 | 1014 | 45 | " " |
| 0600 | 23.9 | 63.3 | 1010 | 45 | " " |
| 1200 | 24.4 | 64.2 | 1007 | 50 | " " |
| 1800 | 24.8 | 64.9 | 1004 | 50 | " " |
| 22/0000 | 25.3 | 65.9 | 1000 | 55 | " " |
| 0600 | 25.6 | 67.0 | 994 | 65 (60) | " " |
| 1200 | 25.8 | 68.3 | 981 | 80 (70) | Hurricane |
| 1800 | 25.7 | 69.7 | 969 | 95 (80) | " |
| 23/0000 | 25.6 | 71.1 | 961 | 110 (90) | " |
| 0600 | 25.5 | 72.5 | 947 | 130 (105) | " |
| 1200 | 25.4 | 74.2 | 933 | 145 (120) | " |
| 1800 | 25.4 | 75.8 | 922 | 150 (135) | " |
| 24/0000 | 25.4 | 77.5 | 930 | 125 | " |
| 0600 | 25.4 | 79.3 | 937 | 130 (120) | " |
| 1200 | 25.6 | 81.2 | 951 | 115 (110) | " |
| 1800 | 25.8 | 83.1 | 947 | 115 | " |
| 25/0000 | 26.2 | 85.0 | 943 | 115 | " |
| 0600 | 26.6 | 86.7 | 948 | 115 | " |
| 1200 | 27.2 | 88.2 | 946 | 120 (115) | " |
| 1800 | 27.8 | 89.6 | 941 | 125 (120) | " |
| 26/0000 | 28.5 | 90.5 | 937 | 125 (120) | " |
| 0600 | 29.2 | 91.3 | 955 | 120 (115) | " |
| 1200 | 30.1 | 91.7 | 973 | 80 | " |
| 1800 | 30.9 | 91.6 | 991 | 50 | Tropical Storm |
| 27/0000 | 31.5 | 91.1 | 995 | 35 | " " |
| 0600 | 32.1 | 90.5 | 997 | 30 | Tropical Depression |
| 1200 | 32.8 | 89.6 | 998 | 30 | " " |
| 1800 | 33.6 | 88.4 | 999 | 25 | " " |
| 28/0000 | 34.4 | 86.7 | 1000 | 20 | " " |
| 0600 | 35.4 | 84.0 | 1000 | 20 | " " |
| 1200 | Merging with frontal system | ||||
| 23/1800 | 25.4 | 75.8 | 922 | 150 (135) | Minimum Pressure |
| 24/0905 | 25.5 | 80.3 | 922 | 145 (125) | " " |
| Landfall: | |||||
| northern Eleuthera Island, Bahamas | |||||
| 23/2100 | 25.4 | 76.6 | 923 | 140 (130) | Hurricane |
| southern Berry Islands, Bahamas | |||||
| 24/0100 | 25.4 | 77.8 | 931 | 130 (125) | Hurricane |
| Elliott Key, Florida | |||||
| 24/0840 | 25.5 | 80.2 | 926 | 145 | Hurricane |
| Fender Point, Florida (8 n mi ENE of Homestead, FL) | |||||
| 24/0905 | 25.5 | 80.3 | 922 | 145 (125) | Hurricane |
| Point Chevreuil, Louisiana (20 n mi west-southwest of Morgan City) | |||||
| 26/0830 | 29.6 | 91.5 | 956 | 100 (105) | Hurricane |
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