Significant flooding is expected and a prolonged fetch off the Gulf will bring storm surge to the AL/FL coasts. A prolonged period of sustained tropical storm force and low-end hurricane force winds can be expected near the coast along with over 20" of rainfall. The storm will slowly move north toward the coast tonight into Wednesday. There have been several bursts of thunderstorms near the center through the night and this morning but they are failing to wrap completely around the center to close off the eyewall. Sally is maintaining winds of 85 mph and is fighting about 20-30 kts of upper-level wind shear from the southwest. Over 20" of rain is possible in some areas near the coast as the slow moving nature of the storm allows for such big rainfall totals. The storm will continue moving toward the coast tonight into Wednesday with torrential rainfall, strong winds, surge and a low tornado threat.
Tropical storm conditions have spread well inland and is now affecting areas from southeast LA to the western FL panhandle. Winds are at 85 mph and is now moving due north toward the Baldwin Co. Damaging winds, torrential rainfall, storm surge will continue to be hazards in Landfall is expected early Wednesday morning between Orange Beach AL and Pensacola Beach FL. The pressure is down in the 970s indicating strengthening has occurred in the last few hours. Winds are up to 85 mph as it edges closer to the coast. The storm is still hours from landfall, projected in south Baldwin Co. Sally is strengthening with pressure down to 971. Winds are now up to 100 mph making it a Cat 2 once again. This comes exactly 16 years to the day that Hurricane Ivan in 2004 made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a major category 3 hurricane with winds of 120mph Sally has made landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama at 5:45 AM as a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 105 mph and a minimum central pressure of 965 mb. Pensacola, FL continues to be under the worst of the storm on the eastern eyewall. Sally remains a Category 2 Hurricane with winds of 100mph as it slowly moves NNE at 3mph. Historic flash flooding is occurring across the area with some locations seeing over 30" of rainfall like Tiger Point FL at 36".
The storm will continue northward into Alabama near Andalusia by this afternoon likely as a strong tropical storm bringing the threat for more rain and wind to areas farther inland. Winds are down to around 80 mph with the core of hurricane-force winds encompassing Escambia, Santa Rosa, and a portion of western Okaloosa Co. Sally is weakening now that it's moved inland with the center over Santa Rosa Co. The heavy rain threat though is not over and flash flooding will continue across south and east Alabama, western & north Georgia and the central Florida Panhandle through tonight. Sally is down to tropical storm status and further weakening is expected through this evening and tonight. Further weakening will continue tonight with heavy rain approaching Auburn-Opelika-Phenix City AL overnight, then Atlanta by Thursday morning with a flood threat. Torrential rainfall continues with flash flooding and an isolated tornado threat east of the center into western Georgia. Sally has winds of 60 mph and is just north of Andalusia AL headed northeast a little faster now at 7 mph. 6-10" of rain can be expected for much of the South Carolina Upstate. Flooding will be likely for the Atlanta Metro into the Greenville-Spartanburg area into Thursday morning and into Charlotte by Thursday afternoon. Sally is now a depression and will continue to bring heavy rainfall to Georgia and the Carolinas. This is the last advisory that will be issued by the National Hurricane Center on Hurricane Sally. Tropical Depression Sally is still producing torrential rainfall over eastern Alabama and Western and Central Georgia as it moves northeast at 12mph. Sally is currently located near Atlanta and will continue to move to the east eventually moving out into the Atlantic.
Sally has become post tropical, but is still bringing several inches of rain to Georgia and the Carolinas.
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