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Tropical Storm Watch for Bertha: Tracker, Houston impacts, path, live radar
FOX 26 Houston • • nation
Key Points:
- Tropical Storm Bertha is moving westward toward the Texas coast, with a new Tropical Storm Watch extended from Morgan City, Louisiana, to Sargent, Texas, but it is not expected to significantly impact Houston.
- The storm is currently about 45 miles northeast of the Mississippi River mouth, with sustained winds of 50 mph, and is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana Wednesday afternoon, where it is expected to weaken.
- Tropical Storm Warnings are in effect from the Florida Panhandle to Morgan City, Louisiana, including New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain, with possible tropical-storm conditions along the upper Texas coast by Thursday or Thursday night.
- Houston is expected to experience minor coastal effects such as isolated rainfall, elevated tides, gusty winds, and dangerous surf, while the Gulf Coast may face isolated flash flooding and coastal flooding.
- Bertha is the second named storm of the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, following Tropical Storm Arthur, which impacted the Texas Gulf Coast in mid-June.
