NHC AL022002 · Atlantic basin
Tropical Storm Bertha (2002)
August 4, 2002 – August 9, 2002
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Tropical Storm Bertha peaked at Tropical storm with 40 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.
Bertha in the record
HURDAT2 tracks Bertha from August 4, 2002 to August 9, 2002; its peak was 40 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on August 5 at 40 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Buras, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 64 US cities, in 2 states, most in Louisiana (52). The strongest pass was 40 mph (tropical storm) 7 miles from Port Sulphur, LA.
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- Cities within 75 mi
- 64
- At hurricane strength
- 0
- States
- 2
40 mph
when closest
Cities Bertha passed near, strongest first
Louisiana (52)
- Port SulphurTropical storm · 7 mi
- BurasTropical storm · 9 mi
- Saint BernardTropical storm · 19 mi
- Belle ChasseTropical storm · 24 mi
- VioletTropical storm · 24 mi
- LafitteTropical storm · 24 mi
- MerauxTropical storm · 27 mi
- ChalmetteTropical storm · 29 mi
- GretnaTropical storm · 29 mi
- HarveyTropical storm · 29 mi
- ArabiTropical storm · 31 mi
- MarreroTropical storm · 31 mi
- New OrleansTropical storm · 34 mi
- WestwegoTropical storm · 36 mi
- GallianoTropical storm · 38 mi
- HarahanTropical storm · 39 mi
- MetairieTropical storm · 40 mi
- Golden MeadowTropical storm · 40 mi
- KennerTropical storm · 44 mi
- Saint RoseTropical storm · 44 mi
- LulingTropical storm · 44 mi
- LaroseTropical storm · 45 mi
- BoutteTropical storm · 46 mi
- SlidellTropical storm · 47 mi
- Des AllemandsTropical storm · 47 mi
- LockportTropical storm · 48 mi
- DestrehanTropical storm · 48 mi
- HahnvilleTropical storm · 49 mi
- NorcoTropical storm · 51 mi
- LacombeTropical storm · 52 mi
- RacelandTropical storm · 55 mi
- Pearl RiverTropical storm · 56 mi
- La PlaceTropical storm · 57 mi
- MandevilleTropical storm · 58 mi
- ReserveTropical storm · 60 mi
- HoumaTropical storm · 61 mi
- Abita SpringsTropical storm · 64 mi
- MadisonvilleTropical storm · 64 mi
- GrayTropical storm · 65 mi
- VacherieTropical storm · 66 mi
- CovingtonTropical storm · 66 mi
- GramercyTropical storm · 67 mi
- LutcherTropical storm · 67 mi
- ThibodauxTropical storm · 68 mi
- SchrieverTropical storm · 69 mi
- PaulinaTropical storm · 69 mi
- BushTropical storm · 71 mi
- PonchatoulaTropical storm · 71 mi
- RobertTropical storm · 73 mi
- Cut OffTropical storm · 38 mi
- MontegutTropical storm · 51 mi
- ChauvinTropical storm · 57 mi
Mississippi (12)
- WavelandTropical storm · 51 mi
- Bay St LouisTropical storm · 52 mi
- DiamondheadTropical storm · 58 mi
- Pass ChristianTropical storm · 59 mi
- KilnTropical storm · 59 mi
- Long BeachTropical storm · 61 mi
- PicayuneTropical storm · 64 mi
- GulfportTropical storm · 68 mi
- CarriereTropical storm · 72 mi
- BiloxiTropical storm · 73 mi
- Ocean SpringsTropical storm · 74 mi
- DibervilleTropical storm · 74 mi
Other storms of the 2002 season
About this record
The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.