On this day, 30 years ago: Hurricane Andrew timeline
9 days before landfall: We had no thought, of course, that this tropical disturbance would turn into a hurricane, let alone explode into a Category 5
30 years later, Bryan Norcross re-lives Hurricane Andrew that devastated South Florida with a timeline detailing what happened.
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On this date 30 years ago – Saturday, August 15, 1992 – nobody was thinking about hurricanes. The system that would become Hurricane Andrew was a distant disturbance on the other side of the ocean.
Satellite image on August 15, 1992 at 2:00 P.M. EDT for what would become Hurricane Andrew.
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Unbeknownst to us in South Florida, it was less than 9 days from landfall. We had no thought, of course, that this tropical disturbance would turn into a hurricane, let alone explode into a Category 5.
ON THIS DAY, 30 YEARS LATER: AUGUST 14, 1992
On This Day, 30 Years Later: Hurricane Andrew Timeline
FOX Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross delivers a day by day account of the disturbance that would become Hurricane Andrew as it moved off the coast of Africa. This is Day 2 when the National Hurricane Center noticed the Tropical Disturbance had
At 11:30 AM that Saturday morning, NHC forecaster Lixion Avila noted that the "cloudiness and showers… had become a little more organized." The disturbance was speeding to the west at 20 to 25 mph.
Tropical Weather Outlook bulletin on August 15, 1992 at 11:30 A.M. EDT. for what would become Hurricane Andrew.
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It would take another day and a half before the system would acquire a defined circulation.
In 2022, the tropics are expected to remain quiet for the rest of this week, at least.
FOX Weather Reports: The Wrath of Hurricane Andrew: Tragedy and Triumph premieres August 23rd & 24th at 10 P.M. EDT
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Three decades ago renowned hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross did a 23 hour marathon broadcast as Hurricane Andrew slammed into the Florida coast. His broadcast was the only one to stay on the air and many people’s only link to the outside world during the worst of the storm. He is credited with savings countless lives due to his life-saving advice. Now 30 years later Bryan will re-live the storm that devastated South Florida and look at the infrastructure changes that resulted. Watch The Wrath of Hurricane Andrew: Tragedy and Triumph on FOX Weather, premiering August 23rd and 24th at 10 P.M. EDT.
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