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PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS. YEAH, FOR SURE. YOU CAN HEAR IT. TROPICAL STORM BERTHA UNLEASHING HEAVY RAIN. YOU CAN HEAR THE WIND. ROUGH SURF ACROSS THE LOUISIANA COAST AFTER MAKING LANDFALL NEAR SAINT BERNARD PARISH. YOU CAN SEE THE SWELLS THAT BROUGHT ALONG. THIS IS FOR LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. THIS IS VIDEO COMING IN FROM NEW ORLEANS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS, BY THE WAY, STILL IN PLACE FOR PARTS OF THE LOUISIANA COAST, AS BERTHA NOW MAKES ITS WAY TOWARD TEXAS, READY FOR A SECOND LANDFALL.
SO AS WE LOOK AT THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION, THE 5 A.M. ADVISORY COMING ON IN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THOSE WINDS STILL AT 45 MPH. IT'S MOVING OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE GULF RIGHT NOW. MOVE JUST OVER LAND, OVER PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA. IT IS EXPECTED TO LOSE SOME OF ITS INTENSITY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT IS INTERACTING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LAND. WE STILL HAVE THE WIND SHEAR. THAT'S BEEN A BIG PART OF BERTHA'S LIFE. AND WHAT ABOUT THE LOPSIDED STORM THAT IT HAS BEEN? THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT BERTHA HAS BEEN NOTED FOR, THANKFULLY, BECAUSE IN THAT SENSE, A LOT OF THE RAIN HAS REMAINED OFF OF THE GULF COAST. SO RATHER THAN HAVING IT OVER IN WITH THE INTERIOR LOCATIONS, WE'VE HAD A NICE BREAK. MICHAEL. THAT'S BEEN OUR SAVIOR WITH THIS PACIFIC STORM.
BUT LOOK AT THE COASTLINE. NOW. YOU'RE TALKING FROM THE LOUISIANA TEXAS STATE LINE TO PERHAPS AS FAR SOUTH AS PORT LAVACA IS WHERE THE FORECAST CONE TAKES THE CENTER OF THE STORM, AND ABOUT A 90% CHANCE THAT IT STAYS WITHIN THAT CONE. BUT THE COASTLINE NOW WATCHING CLOSELY. ABSOLUTELY. AND NOT ONLY COULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT STORM SURGE, BUT ALSO SOME RAIN. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THIS IS A BOTTOM HEAVY STORM, JUST MEANING THAT A LOT OF THE PRECIP OR THE RAIN WITH THIS IS ACTUALLY SOUTH OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. HERE'S THE CENTER. AND THAT'S BEEN THE STORY WITH THIS ALL THROUGH ITS LIFE IN THE GULF, WHICH IS AGAIN SAVED US FOR HEAVY RAINFALL FOR I-10.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOUGH, SINCE IT IS. I LIKE THAT YOU SAID THAT BOTTOM HEAVY. YOU LOOK TO WHERE IS THAT GOING TO GO ONCE WE GET TO TEXAS, BECAUSE TEXAS COASTLINE OBVIOUSLY DOES THIS, RIGHT. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CATCHER'S MITT FOR WHAT'S COMING WITH BERTHA. SO THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL FOR PLACES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS, CORPUS CHRISTI, TO JUST OUTSIDE OF BROWNSVILLE, YOU ARE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD THREAT LEVEL ONE OUT OF FOUR. AND CRAIG, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH TEXAS, WE'VE SEEN FLOODING. YES. AND SO THIS IS ONLY GOING TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY AS THAT MOISTURE PLUME MOVES ONSHORE. NOW NOT A TON. IT'S EXPECTED TO RUN OUT OF A LOT OF ITS STEAM BEFORE IT GETS THERE. BUT STILL THOUGH, THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME RAIN. CORPUS CHRISTI, PORT LAVACA, LAREDO, TEXAS AS WELL. YEAH, IT'LL BE TOUGH FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY, RIGHT? IT'S THIS EVENING THROUGH LATER TONIGHT. IF YOU LIVE IN THESE AREAS, IT IS FAST MOVING. YOU SEE HOW QUICKLY IT MOVES THROUGH. AND THANKFULLY, I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE AT A LEVEL ONE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE DRY AIR INTERACTING, BUT THE MOVEMENT OF THIS, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE TO YOUR POINT, MAN, DIDN'T WE JUST GET OVER SOME FLOODING? I KNOW MOST OF IT WAS A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH FROM THERE, BUT YEAH, TAKE A LOOK AT CORPUS CHRISTI IN THE MORNING HOURS. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO, PREPARE THIS MORNING. IT'S THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT THINGS REALLY PICK UP FOR YOU. YEAH.
SO CRAIG JUST KIND OF DETAILED WHAT THE TIMELINE ON THINGS LOOK LIKE. NOW WE WANT TO DIVE INTO WHAT SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS COULD LOOK LIKE WITH BERTHA, ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF EASTERN TEXAS, BECAUSE IT WON'T BE OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF THE GULF FOR THAT MUCH LONGER AS IT TAKES AIM AT THE TEXAS COASTLINE. SO FRIENDS IN GALVESTON TOWARD GALVESTON ISLAND, WHERE WE ARE UNDER TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS AS BERTHA HEADS TOWARD THE WEST. IT'S THE WINDS THAT COULD ALSO REALLY START TO PICK UP LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. YOU'LL NOTE THAT RIGHT THERE IN GONZALES, TEXAS, WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT ONE MILE PER HOUR. BUT BOY, HOW THINGS SHOULD CHANGE, RIGHT? VERY RAPIDLY. LET ME SHOW THIS TO YOU REAL QUICK. SO HERE'S WHERE WE STAND. AS CRAIG MENTIONED, IT MADE LANDFALL IN SAINT BERNARD PARISH AT ABOUT 2:00 YESTERDAY. THAT WAS CENTRAL TIME IN THE AFTERNOON. AND AGAIN, CURRENT WINDS, 45 MPH. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THAT WIND IN JUST A MOMENT. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS IN EFFECT BASICALLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS ALL THE WAY TOWARD GALVESTON AND GALVESTON ISLAND.
HERE'S WHAT RADAR LOOKS LIKE. YOU'LL NOTICE, TOO, THAT THIS ISN'T TOO FAR FROM PLACES LIKE NOT NECESSARILY NEW ORLEANS, WHERE WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME SHOWERS, BUT YOU LOOK AT HOW FAR THIS IS FROM HOUSTON. IT'S ABOUT 120 MILES OR SO FROM HOUSTON, ABOUT 80 TO 90 MILES EAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE WINDS WITH THIS, AND WE SAW PRETTY POWERFUL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS IN SPOTS. YEAH. NO KIDDING. I MEAN, THOSE INCLUDED NO KIDDING. 57 THERE. ALLIGATOR POINT RIGHT ALONG THE LOUISIANA COAST. ALWAYS THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THIS WAS THOSE ONSHORE WINDS PRODUCING A LITTLE MORE IN THE WAY OF THAT STORM SURGE. WINDS RIGHT NOW THE STRONGEST ARE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AGAIN THANKFULLY BECAUSE IT IS LOPSIDED. BUT AS THEY WHIP AROUND THE SOUTHERN SIDE, YOU'RE STILL GETTING SOME PRETTY DECENT WIND GUSTS. AND IT'S ALSO THAT CONSISTENT ONSHORE PUSH THAT STILL BRINGS THOSE INLETS CONCERN FOR MAYBE SOME HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER. YEAH, I WOULD SAY PLACES LIKE LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, 30, 40, MAYBE CLOSE TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. AGAIN, THIS THING LOSES A LOT OF STEAM AND ENERGY AS IT HEADS TOWARD GALVESTON, BUT GALVESTON AND TOWARD GALVESTON ISLAND, I MEAN, 40 TO 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS CERTAINLY CAN'T BE RULED OUT OF THE QUESTION, AS THAT CENTER OF CIRCULATION WORKS ONSHORE.
NOW AS IT DOES, WILL IT STILL BE A TROPICAL STORM? MAYBE. I THINK THAT THIS THING MIGHT FALL BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL HOURS. EITHER WAY THOUGH, NEW ORLEANS, IT'S A GUSTY START TO YOUR DAY. BUT BOY, IT WILL BE NICE THAT THOSE WINDS WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO DIE ON DOWN. IF YOU HAVE ANY FLIGHT PLANS IN OR OUT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF FROM THE HEAT THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. THEY'VE HAD EXTREME HEAT WARNINGS THERE, WHICH IS WHEN YOU GET THAT IN A PLACE LIKE NEW ORLEANS, THAT'S REALLY TOUGH. LAKE CHARLES, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE WIND GUSTS FINALLY DIE DOWN LATER TONIGHT, WHICH IS ALSO GOOD FOR YOU. SO AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, THIS IS BEHIND US, BUT A MEMORY. MEANTIME, HOUSTON, YOU'LL BE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE WINDS. AND IF YOU'RE CLOSER