Timeline: When you will see first impacts of Tropical Storm Bertha in the Southeast

Tropical Storm Bertha has formed successful the eastbound Gulf of America and is forecast to bring rounds of dense rain, gusty winds and insignificant flooding to parts of the Gulf Coast.

FOX Weather is present to fto you cognize erstwhile to expect the worst conditions successful your area.

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Currently, Tropical Storm Watches are successful effect from the Florida panhandle to southeastern Louisiana as winds, dense rainfall and tempest surge are expected to intensify portion the tempest moves crossed the region.

The increasing menace prompted the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to contented a Storm Surge Watch for parts of the Alabama, Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana coasts.

Some areas could person up to 4 inches of rainfall successful a abbreviated play of time, portion tempest surge could scope arsenic precocious arsenic 4 feet supra usually adust crushed successful immoderate locations.

TROPICAL STORM BERTHA FORMS, BRINGING DAYS OF RAIN AND STORM SURGE ALONG PARTS OF THE GULF COAST

Here's a timeline of erstwhile Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to get successful your country and the impacts forecasters expect it to bring.

Tuesday

The time volition statesman with Bertha located astir 100 miles southbound of Pensacola, Florida.

Despite the storm's proximity to the coast, overmuch of the bluish Gulf Coast volition spot a premix of prima and clouds with scattered showers and thunderstorms moving successful from the east.

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Those storms could widen arsenic acold eastbound arsenic Tampa on the westbound seashore of Florida.

Gusty winds betwixt 25 and 35 mph volition make northbound and eastbound of Bertha's center, creating breezy conditions from the Emerald Coast towards Apalachicola, Florida.

By the afternoon, Bertha volition statesman turning west, with those gusty winds expanding toward Alabama's coastline.

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Scattered showers and thunderstorms susceptible of producing dense downpours volition proceed crossed bluish Florida portion spreading into confederate Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.

Meanwhile, the westbound broadside of the tempest volition stay comparatively dry. This includes cities similar New Orleans.

Tuesday night

Tropical tempest conditions volition go imaginable on the Alabama seashore extending eastbound done the Florida panhandle arsenic Bertha is expected to highest successful strength.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph volition beryllium possible, on with expanding rainfall chances for cities specified arsenic Pensacola, Destin, Panama City Beach and perchance Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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Any freshwater flooding is expected to beryllium insignificant and localized. The greater flood menace volition travel from tempest surge, which could scope up to 4 feet.

Most locations are expected to spot 1 to 2 feet of surge. That volition beryllium capable to origin areas of insignificant coastal flooding.

Wednesday

Bertha's halfway volition apt beryllium approaching the Louisiana oregon Mississippi coast.

Winds volition summation passim the time successful cities including Gulfport, MS and Biloxi, MS, and yet New Orleans.

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Landfall is expected sometime Wednesday day oregon night.

Widespread dense rainfall is expected to be hard to travel by arsenic beardown winds aloft proceed to displace the rainfall implicit the Gulf.

Thursday and beyond

If Bertha survives its enactment with land, the weakened strategy volition proceed tracking westbound toward Texas, wherever it could nutrient pockets of rain.

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Luckily, it is not expected to origin dense rainfall successful the parts of Texas that are inactive recovering from past week's deadly flooding.