Hurricane Sally finally comes ashore near Gulf Shores, Ala.
Source: AP
By JAY REEVES, ANGIE WANG and JEFF MARTIN
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — BREAKING NEWS UPDATE
Hurricane Sally has made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama, as a Category 2 storm, bringing torrential rain over a coastal storm surge that forecasters said would cause dangerous flooding from the Florida Panhandle to Mississippi and well inland in the days ahead.
The slow-moving hurricane finally came ashore with top winds of 105 mph (165 kmh), the National Hurricane Center said.
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A newly strengthened Hurricane Sally pummeled the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama with sideways rain, beach-covering storm surges, strong winds and power outages early Wednesday, moving toward shore at an agonizingly slow pace that promised a drawn out drenching and possible record floods.
This GOES-16 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at 3 p.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Hurricane Sally moving slowly towards the coast from the Gulf of Mexico. Forecasters now expect landfall late Tuesday or early Wednesday near the Alabama-Mississippi state line. (NOAA via AP)
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Definitely Harvey amounts.
since about 3:45 am this morning as it came onshore.
At least from what the chasers have shown from various locations at Orange Beach, AL and Gulf Shores, AL, it looks like it's more surge and flooding than major wind damage despite the 100+ mph sustained (with gusts) as the eye wall came in.
Depending on what this does with any (lack of) steering flow, it could be Harvey redux. There is a big Canadian High up to the north that is suppressing it to the SE (which impacts that track).
Thank you so much, iluvtennis!
I haven’t heard from her so will be texting her soon to see if maybe his cell service has been restored.
I appreciate you!
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