{"id":348869,"date":"2026-07-22T18:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348869\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:35:07","slug":"tropical-storm-bertha-to-bring-heavy-rain-winds-to-gulf-states-see-fl-impacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/348869\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Bertha To Bring Heavy Rain, Winds To Gulf States: See FL Impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"

(National Hurricane Center) <\/p>\n

Areas of flash flooding will be possible through Thursday along the Gulf Coast and nearby inland locations from Florida\u2019s Big Bend region to southern Louisiana, forecasters said. <\/p>\n

Swells generated by Bertha are affecting portions of the Gulf coast of Florida and are likely to spread west during the week. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions. <\/p>\n

The storm isn\u2019t expected to strengthen further, forecasters said. <\/p>\n

\u201cBertha is being sheared with all of the convection pushed away from the center. Winds are 50 mph in a small area…less than an afternoon thunderstorm,\u201d Denis Phillips, chief meteorologist for Tampa Bay 28, wrote in a social media post<\/a>, adding, \u201cConditions are working against Bertha getting much stronger. The Gulf is warm, so we watch for any unexpected changes. Bottom line, mostly rain with a name. Let’s hope it stays that way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meteorologist Matt Devitt wrote in a social media post that \u201cdespite the upgrade to Bertha, it\u2019s still a weak storm battling shear and dry air.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(National Hurricane Center) Areas of flash flooding will be possible through Thursday along the Gulf Coast and nearby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-348869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}