热带风暴伯莎周三下午在路易斯安那州圣伯纳德教区登陆，距新奥尔良约40英里 [1]。截至周四早间，该风暴位于新奥尔良西南约110英里处，距卡尔卡苏市东南约120英里，以每小时12英里的速度向西移动 [1]。
风暴的最大持续风速为45英里/小时 [1]，新奥尔良湖滨机场周三下午记录到44英里/小时的阵风 [1]。路易斯安那州和阿拉巴马州可能出现3英尺风暴潮 [1]，预报降雨量为1至4英寸，某些孤立地区可能降雨更多 [1]。
伯莎预计周四到达德克萨斯州上沿海地区，周五前在该州内陆消散 [1]。根据路易斯安那州气象学家Jay Grymes的评估，这场风暴不太可能造成广泛破坏 [1]。
值得注意的是，路易斯安那州同时处于热带风暴和极端高温警告之下，这是至少20年来南路易斯安那州首次出现这一罕见情况 [1]。伯莎是2024年大西洋飓风季的第二场热带风暴，第一场为6月的热带风暴亚瑟 [1]。
Tropical Storm Bertha made landfall in Louisiana's St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday afternoon, located approximately 40 miles from New Orleans [1]. By early Thursday, the storm had moved to a position about 110 miles southwest of New Orleans and roughly 120 miles southeast of Calcasieu, traveling westward at 12 miles per hour [1].
The storm maintained maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour [1]. Louisiana and Alabama faced potential storm surge of up to 3 feet [1], while rainfall totals of 1 to 4 inches were predicted across the region, with isolated areas potentially receiving more [1]. The New Orleans Lakefront Airport recorded wind gusts of 44 miles per hour on Wednesday afternoon [1].
Bertha is expected to reach the upper Texas coast by Thursday and dissipate inland over Texas before Friday [1]. According to Louisiana meteorologist Jay Grymes, the storm is unlikely to cause widespread damage [1].
This marks the second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, following Tropical Storm Arthur in June [1]. Louisiana simultaneously faces both tropical storm and extreme heat warnings—a rare occurrence in South Louisiana not seen in at least 20 years [1].