This article is about the 2020 Atlantic hurricane. For other storms of the same name, see List of storms named Sally.
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Hurricane Sally
Hurricane Sally rapidly intensifying before landfall in Alabama on September 16
Meteorological history
Formed
September 11, 2020
Extratropical
September 17, 2020
Dissipated
September 18, 2020
Category 2 hurricane
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS)
Highest winds
110 mph (175 km/h)
Lowest pressure
965 mbar (hPa); 28.50 inHg
Overall effects
Fatalities
4 direct, 5 indirect
Damage
$7.3 billion (2020 USD)
Areas affected
The Bahamas, Cuba, U.S. Gulf Coast, Southeastern United States
IBTrACS
Part of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Sally was a destructive and slow-moving Atlantic hurricane that was the first hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. state of Alabama since Ivan in 2004, coincidentally on the same date in the same place. The eighteenth named storm and seventh hurricane of the extremely active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Sally developed from an area of disturbed weather which was first monitored over the Bahamas on September 10. The system grew a broad area of low-pressure on September 11, and was designated as a tropical depression late that day. Early the next day, the depression made landfall at Key Biscayne and subsequently strengthened into Tropical Storm Sally that afternoon. Moderate northwesterly shear prevented significant intensification for the first two days, but convection continued to grow towards the center and Sally slowly intensified. On September 14, a center reformation into the center of the convection occurred, and data from a hurricane hunter reconnaissance aircraft showed that Sally had rapidly intensified into a strong Category 1 hurricane. However, an increase in wind shear and upwelling of colder waters halted the intensification and Sally weakened slightly on September 15 before turning slowly northeastward. Despite this increase in wind shear, it unexpectedly re-intensified, reaching Category 2 status early on September 16 before making landfall at peak intensity at 09:45 UTC on September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 965 millibars (28.5 inHg).[1][2] The storm rapidly weakened after landfall before transitioning into an extratropical low at 12:00 UTC the next day. Sally's remnants lasted for another day as they moved off the coast of the Southeastern United States before being absorbed into another extratropical storm on September 18.
Numerous watches and warnings were issued in anticipation of the imminent approach of Sally, and several coastline counties and parishes on the Gulf Coast were evacuated. In South Florida, heavy rain led to localized flash flooding while the rest of peninsula saw continuous shower and thunderstorm activity due to the asymmetric structure of Sally. The area between Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola - Gulf Breeze, Florida took the brunt of the storm with widespread wind damage, storm surge flooding, and over 20 inches (510 mm) of rainfall in the first 24 hours and over 30 inches in 48 hours.[3] Numerous tornadoes also occurred as well. Damage is estimated at $7.3 billion (2020 USD).[4] Sally was the costliest of several destructive 2020 hurricanes whose names were not retired by the World Meteorological Organization following the season, along with: Isaias, Delta, and Zeta.[5][6]
^Cite error: The named reference SallyTCR was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Jay Reeves; Angie Wang; Jeff Martin (September 16, 2020). "Hurricane Sally blasts ashore in Alabama with punishing rain". yahoo.com. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
^"Hurricane Sally After Action Report". City of Gulf Breeze. August 23, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^"Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters: Events". NOAA. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
^Masters, Jeff (March 19, 2021). "WMO: Atlantic hurricanes no longer to receive names from Greek alphabet". Yale Climate Connections. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
^"These 2019 and 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names Were Not Retired, But Were Strong Candidates | The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com". The Weather Channel. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
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