Tropical Storm Bertha was turning towards Texas early Thursday after making landfall over Louisiana on Wednesday then heading offshore once more. It continued to carry rain to a big swath of the northern Gulf Coast alongside its path.
Bertha was transferring westward and “is predicted to make landfall alongside the northwestern Gulf Coast in the present day,” the Nationwide Hurricane Middle mentioned. The storm was forecast to take care of tropical storm energy earlier than dissipating inland over Texas Thursday evening or Friday.
Map reveals projected path
Bertha, the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has had most sustained winds of 45 mph after a gradual lower since Tuesday evening.
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“On the forecast monitor, the middle of Bertha will transfer close to or alongside the Louisiana and higher Texas coasts by this afternoon, after which transfer farther inland into Texas this night and tonight,” the middle mentioned.
Louisiana state climatologist Jay Grymes mentioned Wednesday he anticipated some pockets of flooding, however added, “With luck, this shall be an in-and-out form of state of affairs.” It seems to have been so.
Warnings in impact
A tropical storm warning is posted for the Gulf Coast from the Terrebonne/Lafourche Parish line in Louisiana to Sargent, Texas.
“Tropical storm situations will proceed spreading throughout parts of the northern and northwestern Gulf Coast throughout the warning space by in the present day,” the middle mentioned.
“Bertha is predicted to provide whole rainfall quantities of two to 4 inches with remoted totals to six inches by tonight alongside the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas. This rainfall might produce remoted flash flooding, particularly in city areas,” the middle cautioned.
The system might additionally produce storm surge, elevating waters as much as 3 ft in some places alongside the coast.
Bertha comes weeks after the 2026 hurricane season’s first named storm, Tropical Storm Arthur, which made landfall in June alongside the Gulf Coast of Texas.
