Current projections show Sally coming ashore east of Gulfport, Miss. "Additional strengthening is forecast during the next day or so," the center said.įorecasters said conditions are too unstable to predict exactly where the storm will arrive. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft confirmed that Sally had strengthened into a hurricane, the National Hurricane Center announced at noon ET. This satellite view also shows smoke from massive wildfires in the U.S. Gulf Coast, while Hurricane Paulette moves away from Bermuda out in the Atlantic Ocean. It would need to develop winds of at least 111 mph to become a Category 3 storm - a major hurricane. Its maximum sustained winds were measured at 100 mph. "These rainfall totals are dangerous."Īs of Monday night, Sally was about 100 miles east of the mouth of the Mississippi RiverBiloxi, creeping west-northwest at 5 mph. "Slow movement means more rain," National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham said in an online briefing. The storm will also bring a huge amount of rain - from 8 to 16 inches, with up to 24 inches in isolated areas of the central Gulf Coast and the western Florida Panhandle. The surge could be as high as 11 feet in some areas. Its forward speed will slow even further as it heads northwest and finally north toward landfall. Some coastal areas in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama are already seeing floods from the slow-moving storm, with Sally meandering over the north-central Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Sally will likely make landfall on Tuesday or Tuesday night with sustained winds of at least 110 mph, making it a strong and dangerous Category 2 storm, the National Hurricane Center said. The hurricane ultimately caused upwards of $125 billion in damages.Hurricane Sally is forecast to make landfall on the Gulf Coast on Tuesday, possibly in the area east of Gulfport, Miss. In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over southern Texas, dumping more than 60 inches in some places and smashing US rainfall records. Slow-moving storms increase the danger of flash flooding from heavy rain - especially in more developed urban areas, where it’s harder for water to drain away. “Through this afternoon, Sally will produce additional rainfall totals of 8 to 12 inches with localized higher amounts possible along and just inland of the central Gulf Coast from west of Tallahassee, Florida to Mobile Bay, Alabama,” the National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday morning. This map shows the projected track of the storm, with forecast rain still to come. Initially forecast to make landfall in southeast Louisiana, the hurricane meandered toward the coast over the past couple of days, instead hitting some 200 miles to the east. Sally brought massive rainfall even before it finally came ashore, moving forward at just 2 mph. On Sept 14, five tropical cyclones were active in the Atlantic basin at the same time - the only other time this many cyclones have been recorded at once was in 1971.įorecast track and rain in the next seven days We are now at the peak of an unusually active hurricane season. Shortly after 9 am Central Time, the website PowerOutage.US was reporting more than 440,000 customers without power in Alabama and Florida. It warned that the storm would bring between 10 and 20 inches of rain to parts of the Gulf Coast, with isolated totals of up to 35 inches in some places.Įarly reports also indicated significant damage in Gulf Shores from winds of more than 100 mph, with some roofs blown off and at least one condo building losing parts of its exterior walls. “Historic and catastrophic flooding is unfolding,” the National Hurricane Center said in a statement issued a couple of hours after the storm hit land.
Hurricane Sally made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, just before 5 am Wednesday local time, bringing a major storm surge and torrential rain to the area and parts of the Florida Panhandle. Note: The maps below are no longer being updated.
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