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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ADVISORY NUMBER  15
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
4 AM CDT THU AUG 08 2002
 
...DEPRESSION BERTHA STILL WEAK...HEADING FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL 
TEXAS COAST...

ALL INTERESTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...PRIMARILY ALONG
THE SOUTH AND CENTRAL TEXAS COAST...SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM.
 
AT 4 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 94.8 WEST OR ABOUT
155 MILES...250 KM...EAST-NORTHEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH
...13 KM/HR.  A GRADUAL TURN TO THE WEST IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER 
TODAY.  ON THIS TRACK...BERTHA WOULD MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE SOUTH 
TEXAS COAST EARLY ON FRIDAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  30 MPH... 45 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED...THERE IS A 
POSSIBILITY THAT BERTHA COULD REGAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH PRIOR 
TO LANDFALL.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1010 MB...29.83 INCHES.
  
REPEATING THE 4 AM CDT POSITION...28.2 N... 94.8 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...SOUTHWEST NEAR  8 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 30 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1010 MB.
 
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
10 AM CDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN
 
 
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