Tropical Storm Beryl
Aug 8, 1988 to Aug 10, 1988Peak 52 mph1001 mb
Tropical Storm Beryl passed within 50 miles of 13 counties in 2 states. It was strongest near Jefferson Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on August 9, 1988.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Tropical Storm Beryl · 1988
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 52 mph, 45 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 1001 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 13
- LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 17
- AL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 0
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 3.0 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 5.6 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 12.5 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 22.3 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 73.9 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 89.3 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.