It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Beryl late on August 14 with surface winds of , based on reconnaissance aircraft observation. Six hours later, the storm accelerated to near , meaning that landfall would happen sooner than expected, preventing the time for Beryl to strengthen to a hurricane. However, Beryl failed to undergo significant intensification as was forecast, as it maintained an intensity of .
On August 14, Tropical Storm Beryl was upgraded due to wind speeds of around 70 mph observed by aircraft. The rapid acceleration to near Category 1 status meant that landfall would occur sooner than expected, but the storm failed to strengthen into a hurricane as predicted and maintained an intensity of approximately 60 mph.