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Warm waters of up to 29☌ (84☏) and vertical wind shear below 5 knots allowed Andrew to begin rapidly intensifying for the second time after barely avoiding Key West. Moderate weakening back to category 4 status ensured over Cuba with the storms inner core remaining largely intact by the time it entered the Straits of Florida. Favorable conditions allowed Andrew to enter a phase of rapid intensification as it turned to parallel the Cuban coastline, allowing it to reach Category 5 hurricane intensity by the morning of August 20 before making its second landfall thereafter.

The storm weakened little after crossing Jamaica and would intensify into a Category 3 hurricane on the morning of August 19 while located south of Cuba.

It then intensified into a Category 2 hurricane several hours later and reached its initial peak of 105mph Category 2 before making landfall shortly after. The storm roared westward quickly gaining strength and becoming a Category 1 hurricane on August 18 as it neared Jamaica. Located in favorable conditions, the depression rapidly organized into tropical storm 18 hours after developing, earning it the name Andrew. On August 16, the NHC designated the system as a tropical depression south of Hispaniola and noted that a ridge located near Bermuda would steer the system toward Jamaica and Cuba. As it entered the Caribbean Sea, the wave suddenly began to organize, showing semi-sustained convection over a broad low-level center. The wave moved across the main development region of the Atlantic Ocean with little to no development despite being monitored by the NHC and given an area of interest tag by August 11. It also became the deadliest tropical cyclone of Caribbean Sea origin to strike Florida along with the costliest.Īndrews origin can be traced all the way back to a tropical wave that exited Africa around August 6. It holds the distinction of the costliest tropical cyclone up to that point, surpassing Hugo of 1989. 159 people were killed along its track and caused over $65.44 billion (1992 USD) in damages along its track. It became the worst hurricane to strike the state since Hurricane Donna of 1960. Andrew caused extensive damage all over Cuba, Jamaica, and Florida due to its powerful intensity and size. It became the third strongest category 5 hurricane to landfall in the state Florida (but was later tied for the position by Hurricane Micheal 26 years later) and the first since the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Hurricane Andrew was an extremely catastrophic and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck Cuba and Western Florida as a category 5. Part of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season Andrew at peak intensity nearing landfall near Tampa, Florida on August 21.Ĭuba, Jamaica, East Coast of America, Florida