page_title: Tropical Storm Bertha (2020)
hierarchical_section_title: Tropical Storm Bertha (2020)
caption_attribution_description: English: Tropical Storm Bertha on May 27, 2020
context_page_description: Tropical Storm Bertha was a rapidly forming and short-lived off-season tropical storm that impacted the Eastern United States in late May 2020. The storm and its precursor disturbance caused moderate flooding and flash flooding to Florida and South Carolina. The second named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha formed from a trough near the east coast of Florida on May 25. The storm was not considered likely to develop at the time, but in favor of warm sea surface temperatures over the Gulf Stream, quickly became a closed low and was designated a tropical storm 3 hours before its landfall in South Carolina. The storm would then move further inland to the Northeastern United States, providing heavy rainfall and tropical storm force winds across the region as a post-tropical storm, as well as severe thunderstorms and even a tornado.
context_section_description: Tropical Storm Bertha was a rapidly forming and short-lived off-season tropical storm that impacted the Eastern United States in late May 2020. The storm and its precursor disturbance caused moderate flooding and flash flooding to Florida and South Carolina.  The second named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Bertha formed from a trough near the east coast of Florida on May 25. The storm was not considered likely to develop at the time, but in favor of warm sea surface temperatures over the Gulf Stream, quickly became a closed low and was designated a tropical storm 3 hours before its landfall in South Carolina. The storm would then move further inland to the Northeastern United States, providing heavy rainfall and tropical storm force winds across the region as a post-tropical storm, as well as severe thunderstorms and even a tornado.
caption: Bertha making landfall on the east coast of South Carolina near peak intensity on May 27
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