Tropical Storm Bertha forms on track approaching US Gulf Coast
Forecasters said the storm could bring 2 to 4 inches of rain, 4-foot surges and tropical-storm conditions to parts of the Gulf Coast.
- Tropical Storm Bertha formed Monday evening in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, centered about 125 miles south of Panama City, Florida, and moving slowly northwest at 2 mph.
- A tropical blob of moisture that forecasters tracked for nearly a week organized into Tropical Depression Two on Sunday, July 19, around 11 a.m. in the northeastern Gulf, with NHC forecaster John Cangialosi confirming persistent convection justified its classification.
- Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches are expected from western Florida to the middle Texas coast through Friday, with isolated amounts reaching 8 inches, while tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 80 miles from Bertha's center.
- Storm surge watches extend from the Alabama-Florida border to the Mississippi River mouth, with potentially life-threatening inundation of up to 4 feet possible, and double red flags warning swimmers at Orange Beach, Alabama, of hazardous surf conditions.
- Current forecasts place Bertha near or south of New Orleans by Wednesday before potentially reaching southeast Texas by Thursday, making it the second named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Arthur.
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Tropical storm Bertha progresses slowly through the Gulf of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph. Authorities maintain alerts
The storm was located about 115 kilometers southwest of Panama City, Florida, this morning and is slowly heading northwest and toward the coast, accompanied by winds of up to 97 kilometers per hour.
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