Tropical Storm Bertha (2002)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 4–9, 2002

Peak wind

40 mph

65 km/h · Aug 5

Peak category

Lowest pressure

1007 mb

Landfalls

Louisiana · Texas

Lifetime

4.8 d

Aug 4 – Aug 9

Distance

754 mi

1,213 km

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.

01 · The story

What happened with Bertha

Tropical Storm Bertha (2002) was a tropical storm of the 2002 Atlantic season. It formed on August 4, 2002, 94 mi S of Pascagoula, Mississippi, reached its peak of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1007 mb on August 5, 2002, and made landfall 2 times — first 52 mi SE of Belle Chasse, Louisiana on August 5, 2002 as a tropical storm (40 mph). Later landfalls: 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas on August 9, 2002 as a tropical depression (23 mph). The storm lasted 4.8 days and travelled about 754 miles (1,213 km).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
August 5, 2002 · 02:00 UTC	52 mi SE of Belle Chasse, Louisiana	TS 40 mph	1008 mb
August 9, 2002 · 08:00 UTC	35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas	TD 23 mph	1011 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
New Orleans, Louisiana	12 mi	Aug 5 · 09:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Metairie Terrace, Louisiana	17 mi	Aug 5 · 09:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Metairie, Louisiana	16 mi	Aug 5 · 09:00 UTC	TD 35 mph
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	21 mi	Aug 6 · 13:00 UTC	TD 17 mph
Lafayette, Louisiana	23 mi	Aug 6 · 21:00 UTC	TD 20 mph
Corpus Christi, Texas	28 mi	Aug 9 · 12:00 UTC	TD 23 mph

Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.

04 · Timeline

Every official fix 23 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Aug 4 18:00	TD	29 mph	1012 mb	29.0°N 88.5°W	94 mi S of Pascagoula, Mississippi
Aug 5 00:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	29.3°N 89.2°W	69 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 5 01:00	TS	40 mph	1007 mb	29.4°N 89.2°W	65 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 5 02:00	TS LANDFALL	40 mph	1008 mb	29.4°N 89.3°W	60 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 5 06:00	TS	40 mph	1008 mb	29.6°N 89.7°W	33 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana
Aug 5 12:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	30.5°N 90.1°W	10 mi NNW of Mandeville, Louisiana
Aug 5 18:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	30.9°N 90.6°W	25 mi SSW of McComb, Mississippi
Aug 6 00:00	TD	17 mph	1012 mb	30.9°N 91.0°W	20 mi NNE of Zachary, Louisiana
Aug 6 06:00	TD	17 mph	1013 mb	30.8°N 91.4°W	18 mi NW of Zachary, Louisiana
Aug 6 12:00	TD	17 mph	1013 mb	30.6°N 91.5°W	22 mi WNW of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Aug 6 18:00	TD	17 mph	1012 mb	30.3°N 91.6°W	27 mi WSW of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Aug 7 00:00	TD	23 mph	1010 mb	30.0°N 91.7°W	near New Iberia, Louisiana
Aug 7 06:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	29.7°N 92.2°W	19 mi SSW of Abbeville, Louisiana
Aug 7 12:00	TD	29 mph	1011 mb	29.4°N 92.7°W	52 mi SW of Abbeville, Louisiana
Aug 7 18:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	29.0°N 93.2°W	76 mi SE of Port Arthur, Texas
Aug 8 00:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.6°N 93.8°W	77 mi SE of Galveston, Texas
Aug 8 06:00	TD	29 mph	1010 mb	28.2°N 94.4°W	80 mi SSE of Galveston, Texas
Aug 8 12:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	27.7°N 95.3°W	87 mi S of Freeport, Texas
Aug 8 18:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	26.9°N 96.1°W	101 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 9 00:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	27.0°N 96.6°W	74 mi SE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 9 06:00	TD	23 mph	1011 mb	27.2°N 97.1°W	45 mi SSE of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 9 08:00	TD LANDFALL	23 mph	1011 mb	27.3°N 97.4°W	35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas
Aug 9 12:00	TD	23 mph	1012 mb	27.5°N 97.7°W	10 mi E of Kingsville, Texas

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Bertha make landfall?

Bertha made landfall 2 times: 52 mi SE of Belle Chasse, Louisiana on August 5, 2002 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 40 mph winds; 35 mi S of Corpus Christi, Texas on August 9, 2002 at 08:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 23 mph winds.

What category was Bertha?

At its peak on August 5, 2002, Bertha was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a central pressure of 1007 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Bertha last?

4.8 days, from August 4, 2002 to August 9, 2002. It travelled about 754 miles.

Where can I download the track data for Bertha?

The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.

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Every storm named Bertha

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1957	Tropical Storm Bertha Atlantic	TS 63 mph	Texas	→
1984	Tropical Storm Bertha Atlantic	TS 40 mph	—
1990	Hurricane Bertha Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	—	→
1996	Hurricane Bertha Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	North Carolina	→
2002	Tropical Storm Bertha · this page Atlantic	TS 40 mph	Louisiana, Texas
2008	Hurricane Bertha Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2014	Hurricane Bertha Atlantic	Cat 1 81 mph	Turks and Caicos Islands	→
2020	Tropical Storm Bertha Atlantic	TS 52 mph	South Carolina	→
2026	Tropical Storm Bertha Atlantic	TS 58 mph	—	→

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 2002

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2002	Hurricane Kenna Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 167 mph	Nayarit, Mexico	→
2002	Hurricane Elida Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Hernan Eastern Pacific	Cat 5 161 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Lili Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, Pinar del Río, Cuba	→
2002	Hurricane Fausto Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Isidore Atlantic	Cat 3 127 mph	Yucatán, Mexico, Pinar del Río, Cuba	→
2002	Hurricane Ele Central Pacific	Cat 3 127 mph	—	→
2002	Hurricane Alma Eastern Pacific	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→

See every 2002 storm on one map →

Background reading: Tropical Storm Bertha on Wikipedia.

← Previous Atlantic stormHurricane Olga (2001)Next Atlantic storm →Tropical Storm Cristobal (2002)

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