Hurricane Sally threatens Gulf Coast with 9-foot surge, up to 30 inches of rain as tropics busy with 6 more systems
Hurricane Sally is slowly approaching the
Meanwhile, the tropics continue to remain active with Hurricane Paulette, Tropical Storm Teddy and Tropical Storm Vicky in the
Hurricane Sally, though, is the most dangerous of systems Tuesday, located as of
Hurricane-force winds extend out 45 miles with tropical-storm-force winds extending out 125 miles.
“A northward turn is expected this afternoon, followed by a slow north-northeastward to northeastward motion tonight and continuing through Wednesday night,” said
A hurricane warning is in effect for east of the mouth of the
A storm surge warning is in effect from the
“We don’t necessarily anticipate hurricane force winds in those areas at this time but we think it’s very likely to have tropical storm force winds,” said DeSantis, adding residents in any low-lying areas should heed evacuation orders.
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Sally had on Monday grown to a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds, but died back down to Category 1 status and is not projected to gain in strength before landfall.
The slow-moving storm, though, will bring a tremendous threat of heavy rain, from 10-20 inches with some isolated areas of 30 inches from the central
“Historic flooding is possible with extreme life-threatening flash flooding likely through Wednesday,” Stewart said. “In addition, this rainfall will lead to widespread moderate to major flooding on area rivers.”
As it moves inland, that flood threat will expand across the Southeast with 4-8 inches and some areas up to 12 inches across portions of southeastern
Sally’s flood threat isn’t just something for
“It comes down so fast. Any rivers or streams, they become big problems. [The rain] piles up. That’s what becomes so incredibly dangerous,” Graham said. “All that rain is moving inland - a hundred miles inland.”
Some inland areas near rivers and streams could experience 4 to 6 feet of flood water, Stewart said. Anyone living in such an area should evacuate, he advised.
“[They] need to understand there is going to be extremely heavy rainfall, like what they may have never seen before,” Stewart said. “You don’t have to have a very powerful hurricane like a Category 3 hurricane to get significant storm surge.”
Some tornadoes could occur Monday morning in the northeast quadrant of the hurricane over the Florida
After Sally makes landfall, rapid weakening is forecast for the storm, and Sally should become post-tropical in three days or less, the
Monday was busy in the tropics with the addition of Tropical Depression Rene, which dissipated by
In 23 years of studying weather patterns,
“You had Katrina that year," King said. "Just a flurry of activity and it started ramping up in mid season, just took off. Just like now. It’s very hyperactive as we figured it would be. El Niño is not present. La Niña is full blossom allowing for very little shear.”
Sally first emerged as Tropical Depression 19 off the southeast coast of
Meanwhile, Hurricane Paulette continues to grow in strength after passing directly over the entire island of
At
Paulette brought heavy rains to
Forming Monday morning, Tropical Storm Teddy grew out of Tropical Depression 20, which formed Saturday night over the central tropical
As of
The formation of Teddy came 20 days earlier than the 19th storm of the 2005 season, which was actually not even classified until a post-season analysis found out that it should have been that season’s "T" storm on
Tropical Storm Vicky also spiraled into formation Monday morning, the
As of
Vicky is expected to weaken Tuesday and be downgraded to a depression by Wednesday as it’s expected to move over colder waters to the north and an area of strong, upper-level winds soon after, the
The
First, a surface trough over the west-central
Second, the
Finally, a new system caught the NHC’s attention overnight located in a nontropical area in the far northeast
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