Tropical Storm Bertha

Forecast Advisory 20

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WTNT32 KNHC 091415
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT FRI AUG 09 2002

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVED INLAND...EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATER
TODAY...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE POORLY DEFINED CENTER OF TROPICAL
DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE
98.0 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 6 MPH... 9 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 30 MPH...IN A FEW SQUALLS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.

THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM BERTHA IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...27.0 N... 98.0 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST NEAR 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT32
KWNH.

FORECASTER AVILA