Monday night into Tuesday Sally had crawled to a pace of just 2 mph as it inched closer to land. The storm was already kicking up a significant storm surge in some places along the coastline in Louisiana and caused flooding in Alabama. Sally peaked Monday evening as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds reaching 100 mph, but the storm lost some wind intensity early Tuesday morning and was downgraded to a Category 1 storm.
Widespread moderate to major river flooding is forecast across the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama. Significant flash and urban flooding, as well as widespread river flooding, are likely across inland portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia along with both Carolinas this week.
Hurricane conditions are expected through this evening and overnight with portions of the Hurricane Warning area along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines and the western Florida panhandle.
Hurricanes and Cyclones 2020
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