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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA AL022026
1020 PM CDT WED JUL 22 2026
THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA ABOUT TO MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST
SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA.
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN
HANCOCK, NORTHERN HARRISON, NORTHERN JACKSON, AND ST. JOHN THE
BAPTIST
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JEFFERSON,
CENTRAL PLAQUEMINES, CENTRAL ST. CHARLES, COASTAL JEFFERSON,
EASTERN ORLEANS, LOWER LAFOURCHE, LOWER PLAQUEMINES, LOWER ST.
BERNARD, LOWER ST. CHARLES, LOWER TERREBONNE, SOUTHEAST ST.
TAMMANY, SOUTHERN HANCOCK, SOUTHERN HARRISON, SOUTHERN JACKSON,
UPPER JEFFERSON, UPPER PLAQUEMINES, UPPER ST. BERNARD, UPPER
ST. CHARLES, AND WESTERN ORLEANS
- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR UPPER LAFOURCHE AND
UPPER TERREBONNE
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ORLEANS LA OR ABOUT 30 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA LA
- 29.4N 91.1W
- STORM INTENSITY 45 MPH
- MOVEMENT WEST OR 260 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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TROPICAL STORM BERTHA MADE LANDFALL NEAR THE BILOXI WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT AREA IN ST. BERNARD PARISH, LOUISIANA AT AROUND 200 PM CDT.
THE STORM IS NOW NEAR THE SOUTHERN LOUISIANA COAST SOUTHWEST OF HOUMA
AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD AT A LITTLE FASTER SPEED.
COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE SHELL BEACH AND WAVELAND
OBSERVATION STATIONS AND ADDITIONAL MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING
UPWARDS OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED DURING THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE FOR
PORTIONS OF COASTAL LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
LIGHT RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM OVER LAND AREAS THOUGH
ADDITIONAL HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY FOR
COASTAL AREAS OF MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE THREAT OF
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS DECREASED ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
NO CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WITH THIS
ADVISORY PACKAGE. TROPICAL STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR
LAKE MAUREPAS AND THE INLAND PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI COASTAL
COUNTIES. NO CHANGES TO COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE
BEEN MADE WITH THIS ADVISORY PACKAGE.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING ACROSS
COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. REMAIN WELL
SHELTERED FROM HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS.
IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, LITTLE TO
NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
* SURGE:
POTENTIAL LIMITED IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.
THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG
IMMEDIATE SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, OR IN AREAS
FARTHER INLAND NEAR WHERE HIGHER SURGE WATERS MOVE ASHORE.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME OVERSPREAD
WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE
SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF ALSO BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP CURRENTS.
- MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS,
AND PIERS. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, LITTLE TO
NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
* FLOODING RAIN:
NO IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
* TORNADOES:
NO IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* EVACUATIONS:
FOLLOW THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ORDERS THAT
ARE ISSUED. DO NOT NEEDLESSLY JEOPARDIZE YOUR LIFE OR THE LIVES OF
OTHERS.
IF YOU ARE A VISITOR, KNOW THE NAME OF THE COUNTY OR PARISH IN WHICH
YOU ARE LOCATED AND WHERE IT IS RELATIVE TO CURRENT WATCHES AND
WARNINGS. IF STAYING AT A HOTEL, ASK THE MANAGEMENT STAFF ABOUT THEIR
ONSITE DISASTER PLAN. LISTEN FOR EVACUATION ORDERS, ESPECIALLY
PERTAINING TO AREA VISITORS.
CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER.GOV, NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS
OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES
TO THE FORECAST.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG
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