Track map & timeline · Atlantic · August 8–10, 1988
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
Tropical Storm Beryl (1988) was a tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic season. It formed on August 8, 1988, 12 mi SE of Hammond, Louisiana, reached its peak of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1001 mb on August 9, 1988, and never made landfall. The storm lasted 2.8 days and travelled about 418 miles (672 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans, Louisiana | direct hit | Aug 9 · 10:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Metairie Terrace, Louisiana | direct hit | Aug 9 · 10:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Metairie, Louisiana | direct hit | Aug 9 · 10:00 UTC | TS 52 mph |
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 17 mi | Aug 9 · 21:00 UTC | TS 40 mph |
| Lafayette, Louisiana | 20 mi | Aug 10 · 02:00 UTC | TD 35 mph |
| Shreveport, Louisiana | 65 mi | Aug 10 · 18:00 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 30.4°N 90.3°W | 12 mi SE of Hammond, Louisiana |
| Aug 8 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1009 mb | 29.7°N 89.7°W | 29 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Aug 8 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1007 mb | 29.7°N 89.4°W | 44 mi ESE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Aug 8 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 29.4°N 89.2°W | 65 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Aug 9 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 29.3°N 89.1°W | 74 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Aug 9 06:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1001 mb | 29.6°N 89.5°W | 42 mi SE of New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Aug 9 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 30.1°N 90.4°W | near Laplace, Louisiana |
| Aug 9 18:00 | TS | 46 mph | 1005 mb | 30.1°N 90.9°W | 10 mi S of Gonzales, Louisiana |
| Aug 10 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1006 mb | 30.3°N 91.6°W | 27 mi WSW of Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Aug 10 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1007 mb | 30.7°N 92.2°W | 13 mi NNW of Opelousas, Louisiana |
| Aug 10 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 31.2°N 92.6°W | 12 mi SW of Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Aug 10 18:00 | TD | 23 mph | 1011 mb | 31.7°N 93.2°W | near Natchitoches, Louisiana |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
No — the NOAA best-track record shows no landfall for Beryl. Its closest approach to a major city was 2 miles from New Orleans, Louisiana.
At its peak on August 9, 1988, Beryl was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 52 mph (83 km/h) and a central pressure of 1001 mb.
2.8 days, from August 8, 1988 to August 10, 1988. It travelled about 418 miles.
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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