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Tropical Storm Bertha

Aug 4, 2002 to Aug 9, 2002Peak 40 mph1007 mb

Tropical Storm Bertha passed within 50 miles of 2 counties in LA. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a tropical storm on August 5, 2002.

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Watch how it happened

Tropical Storm Bertha · 2002

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Tropical Storm Bertha on August 4, 2002, about 10 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.

Tropical Storm Bertha on August 4, 2002, about 10 hours before landfall in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
True-colour image from MODIS, aboard NASA’s Terra satellite, on its late-morning pass, around 16:24 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Tropical storm
40 mph, 35 kt
Lowest pressure
1007 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
2
LA
Counties within 100 miles
4
AL, LA, MS
Strongest near the U.S.
Tropical storm
Plaquemines Parish, LA, 0.0 mi, Aug 5, 2002
Landfalls recorded
2
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Plaquemines ParishLA0.0Tropical stormAug 5, 2002
Lafourche ParishLA22.6Tropical stormAug 5, 2002
Jackson CountyMS63.9Tropical stormAug 5, 2002
Mobile CountyAL77.6Tropical stormAug 5, 2002

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.