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TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER   4A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
7 AM CDT MON AUG 05 2002

...BERTHA WEAKENS TO A DEPRESSION WHILE MEANDERING OVER EXTREME 
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...

AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED.  
INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION UNTIL WINDS AND SEAS SUBSIDE.
 
AT 7 AM CDT...1200Z...THE BROAD AND POORLY-DEFINED CENTER OF
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.2 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 90.0 WEST OR IN THE VICINITY OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

BERTHA HAS CONTINUED TO MEANDER OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS BUT A SLOW
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...
BRINGING THE CENTER FARTHER INLAND OVER LOUISIANA.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS IN A FEW SQUALLS EAST OF THE CENTER.  CONTINUED SLOW WEAKENING 
IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH BERTHA IS HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE INLAND
FLOODING.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...  LOCALLY AS HIGH AS
8 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
FARTHER EAST OVER SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 7 AM CDT POSITION...30.2 N...  90.0 W.  MOVEMENT...
MEANDERING.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...  35 MPH.  MINIMUM
CENTRAL PRESSURE...1009 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 PASCH
  
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