ZCZC NFDTCPAT2 ALL TTAA00 KWNH DDHHMM TROPICAL SUMMARY NUMBER 7 FOR T.D. "BERTHA" NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...NWS...CAMP SPRINGS MD 1000 PM CDT MON AUG 5 2002 ...CORRECTED INITIAL POSITION... ...T.D. BERTHA PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO SLOW MOVEMENT... ALL FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ASSOCIATED WITH T.D. BERTHA HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 91.0 WEST WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES NNE OF BATON ROUGE. BERTHA HAS MOVED WSW AT ABOUT 10 MPH OVER THE PAST SIX HOURS ^M AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK MORE SLOWLY TO THE WSW OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 13 MPH. ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1012 MB. AS THE REMNANTS OF T.D. BERTHA MOVE SLOWLY TO THE WSW...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM...WITH MOST OF THE MOISTURE CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA AROUND THE CENTER OF THE STORM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE SCATTERED IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI. SOME MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. SELECTED 24 HOUR STORM RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH 7 PM CDT ARE LISTED BELOW. LOCATION AMOUNT ========= ======= SLIDELL, LA 1.80" MCCOMB-PIKE COUNTY, MS 1.44" GULFPORT, MS 2.10" PASCAGOULA-LOTT, MS 7.14" RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 6 INCHES AROUND THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION BERTHA ARE POSSIBLE AS THE REMNANTS OF THIS STORM TRACK SLOWLY TO THE WSW. REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...30.8N...91.0W. MOVEMENT...WSW AT 10 MPH OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS AND SLOWING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 13 MPH... MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1012 MB. THE NEXT TROPICAL SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT 4 AM CDT. BELL/PEREIRA/FORECAST OPERATIONS BRANCH