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Tropical Storm Beryl (1988)

Tropical Storm Beryl was a tropical storm at its peak, with 52 mph winds and a lowest pressure of 1001 mb, per NOAA's National Hurricane Center. Modeled winds reached tropical-storm force (39 mph) at 2 of the cities we track; the strongest was Slidell, LA, with a modeled peak gust of 51 mph.

Peak strength52 mph winds (1-minute)
Tropical storm
Cities with tropical-storm-force windsModeled, of the cities we track
2
Landfalls
0
Lowest pressure
1001 mb

Track, wind field and cities

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  • Depression or weaker
  • Tropical storm
  • Hurricane, Category 1 or 2
  • Major hurricane, Category 3 to 5
  • Landfall
  • City (larger ring, stronger modeled gust)
  • Modeled wind field, 39 to 111 mph sustained (darker, stronger; orange 111 mph+)
Source: NOAA/NWS National Hurricane Center best track (HURDAT2). City winds and the wind field are modeled.

The shaded areas are where our model puts Tropical Storm Beryl’s sustained winds over open land at 39 mph or more (tropical-storm force), 58, 74 (hurricane force) and 111 mph (major hurricane force) at some point along its track. Modeled, not measured. How we model hurricane winds

Modeled winds at cities (2)

Estimated peak winds for open, flat ground at each city’s center. Not measurements. How we model hurricane winds

CityPeak gustSustainedClosest passPeak
Slidell, LA51 mph42 mph20 milesAug 9, 1988, 4:45 AM CDT
New Orleans, LA48 mph39 mph3 milesAug 9, 1988, 7:00 AM CDT

Best track (12 positions)

TimeStatusWindPressurePosition
Aug 8, 00:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1010 mb30.4°N, 90.3°W
Aug 8, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1009 mb29.7°N, 89.7°W
Aug 8, 12:00 UTCTropical storm40 mph1007 mb29.7°N, 89.4°W
Aug 8, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1005 mb29.4°N, 89.2°W
Aug 9, 00:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1002 mb29.3°N, 89.1°W
Aug 9, 06:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1001 mb29.6°N, 89.5°W
Aug 9, 12:00 UTCTropical storm52 mph1002 mb30.1°N, 90.4°W
Aug 9, 18:00 UTCTropical storm46 mph1005 mb30.1°N, 90.9°W
Aug 10, 00:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1006 mb30.3°N, 91.6°W
Aug 10, 06:00 UTCTropical depression35 mph1007 mb30.7°N, 92.2°W
Aug 10, 12:00 UTCTropical depression29 mph1008 mb31.2°N, 92.6°W
Aug 10, 18:00 UTCTropical depression23 mph1011 mb31.7°N, 93.2°W