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Clifford TitusKelsie Walbert
Hurricane Andrew
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Start of Hurricane Andrew
Started near Cape Verde (off of the coast of Africa) as a tropical wave on August 14, 1992.
Became a tropical depression on August 16, 1992
Depression grew stronger and became Andrew on August 17, 1992.
Andrew was considered a tropical storm on August 20, 1992
Andrew reached hurricane strength on August 22, 1992
Information from NHC
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Cape Verde Islands
Illustration from Wikipedia
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Andrew’s Path Came across the Atlantic to first come in contact with
the Bermuda Islands. It later hit the southern coast of Florida (Homestead,
Florida City, and parts of Miami) on August 23, 1992 as a Category 5* hurricane.
Andrew continued crossing the pan-handle of Florida, and losing intensity becoming a Category 4 hurricane.
It continued to Louisiana where it reached landfall again (Morgan City) on August 26, 1992 as a Category 3 hurricane, and was directed inland causing it to lose intensity.
*Category of Hurricane was later changed to Category 5 from Category 4, references later in this presentation.
Information from NHC and SP Times
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Hurricane Andrew’s Path
Illustration from Wikimedia
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Time-Lapse Photo of Andrew
Illustration from NASA
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Storm Category
Hurricane Andrew was originally labeled as a Category 4 Hurricane according to the Saffir-Simpson scale
The category was later upgraded on February 7, 2005 to a Category 5 Hurricane according to the Saffir-Simpson scale
Central Pressure is officially 922mb when reaching landfall in Florida
Information from NHC
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Hurricane Andrew’s Landfall
Illustration from NHC
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Winds and Storm Surges Landfall windspeeds in Florida are estimated to have
been between 144.6 MPH and 173.5 MPH Landfall windspeeds in Louisiana are stated as 115
MPH
Andrew hit Florida at a time of high tide, creating a higher storm tide (sum of tide and storm surge)
Location Storm Tide
Northern Biscayne Bay 4-6 ft
BK International HQ (western shore; Biscayne Bay)
16.9 ft
Southern Biscayne Bay 4-5 ft
Flamingo 4-5 ft
Goodland 6-7 ft
Information from NHC and Wikipedia
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Andrews Wind Intensity
Illustration from Ocean-Pro
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Devastation of Andrew Hurricane Andrew was at the time unprecedented in
the cost of damage, causing more than 26 billion dollars of damage (for 1992 value of the US dollar)
Location Damage (billions)
Bahamas $0.25
Florida $25
Louisiana $1
Georgia $.001
Hurricane Andrew caused a total of 65 deathsLocation Deaths (direct
cause)Deaths (Indirect cause)
Bahamas 3 1
Florida 15 29
Louisiana 8 9
Information from NHC
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Devastation of Andrew Continued…
Illustrations from NHC
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Devastation of Andrew Continued…
Illustrations from NHC
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Devastation of Andrew Continued…
Illustrations from NHC and Wikimedia
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Devastation of Andrew Continued…
Illustrations from Wikimedia
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Devastation of Andrew Continued…
Illustrations from Wikimedia and SP Times
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Other Information pertaining to Hurricane Andrew Hurricane Andrew caused unprecedented economic
devastation throughout the Bahamas, southern Florida, and south-central Louisiana
Loss of life from this storm was remarkably low considering the destruction caused by this hurricane.
Andrew was a compact storm system: If it had been a little larger or hit landfall in Florida just a little bit north of where it hit, the damage would have been catastrophic. Areas that would have been more heavily affected are Miami, Miami Beach, Key Biscayne, and Fort Lauderdale.
Hurricane Andrew left the New Orleans region mostly intact.
Information from NHC
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Works CitedPreliminary Report, Hurricane Andrew. National Hurricane
Center. <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html#FOOT1>
Hurricane Andrew. NASA <http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/rsd/images/andrew.html>
Hurricane Andrew: After the Storm, 10 years later. St. Petersburg Times. <http://www.sptimes.com/2002/webspecials02/andrew/>
Hurricane Andrew Pictures. Wikimedia. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Hurricane+Andrew&go=Go>
Hurricane Andrew. Wikipedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew>