![]() ![]() Hurricane Sally is expected to bring "historically significant" rainfall to the Pensacola area starting Monday night and lasting through Wednesday, and meteorologists say the continued eastward shifting of the cyclone’s path could bring even more impacts to Northwest Florida.ĭon Shepherd, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Mobile, Alabama, told the News Journal on Monday that Sally - which developed into a Category 2 hurricane shortly before 4 p.m. - shifted about 40 miles east in her path Sunday night.Īs of Monday afternoon, the storm was forecast to make landfall along the Mississippi coast early Tuesday morning as a Category 2 hurricane. The storm is expected to make landfall sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday morning and is expected to bring a huge amount of rainfall to the area with up to 20 inches in some places. ![]() Hurricane Sally continued to approach the northern Gulf coast Monday afternoon at 6 mph with a top winds speed of 100 mph. View Gallery: Hurricane Sally approaches the Gulf Coast: Pensacola already starting to flood ![]()
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