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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  19
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT FRI AUG 09 2002
 
...WEAK DEPRESSION MAKING LANDFALL WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...

AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 97.3 WEST.  THIS
POSITION IS JUST OFF THE TEXAS COAST ABOUT 65 MILES...100 KM...SOUTH
OF CORPUS CHRISTI.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH
... 9 KM/HR...AND A WEST OR WEST-SOUTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE AS THE DEPRESSION MOVES INLAND OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  THE DEPRESSION IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE WITHIN 
THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB...29.88 INCHES.
 
THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM BERTHA IS LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
 
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...26.8 N... 97.3 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR  6 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 25 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 10 AM CDT.
 
FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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