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Hurricane Sally

Sep 11, 2020 to Sep 18, 2020Peak 109 mph965 mb

Hurricane Sally passed within 50 miles of 20 counties in 3 states. It was strongest near Mobile County, AL, as a Category 2 on September 16, 2020.

  • Major hurricane
  • Hurricane
  • Tropical storm
  • Post-tropical
Watch how it happened

Hurricane Sally · 2020

How it happened

Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.

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From space

Hurricane Sally on September 15, 2020, about 14 hours before landfall in Baldwin County, AL.

Hurricane Sally on September 15, 2020, about 14 hours before landfall in Baldwin County, AL.
True-colour image from VIIRS, aboard the Suomi NPP satellite, on its early-afternoon pass, around 19:22 UTC. Imagery: NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System.

The storm

Peak strength
Category 2
109 mph, 95 kt
Lowest pressure
965 mb
Over the whole track
Counties within 50 miles
20
AL, FL, MS
Counties within 100 miles
51
AL, FL, LA, MS
Strongest near the U.S.
Category 2
Mobile County, AL, 19.3 mi, Sep 16, 2020
Landfalls recorded
2
Anywhere on the track

Every county it passed

Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.

Counties within 100 miles
Baldwin CountyAL0.0Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Escambia CountyFL0.0Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Monroe CountyFL0.0Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
Conecuh CountyAL0.0Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Escambia CountyAL0.0Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Butler CountyAL0.0Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Santa Rosa CountyFL3.0Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Covington CountyAL4.8Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Collier CountyFL13.1Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
Monroe CountyAL16.1Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Mobile CountyAL19.3Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Wilcox CountyAL20.0Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Okaloosa CountyFL23.4Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Clarke CountyAL32.0Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Jackson CountyMS36.6Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Lee CountyFL37.6Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
Washington CountyAL40.3Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Geneva CountyAL41.1Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Walton CountyFL41.3Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Hendry CountyFL47.6Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
George CountyMS50.9Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Charlotte CountyFL51.8Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
St. Bernard ParishLA52.3Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Plaquemines ParishLA54.5Category 1Sep 15, 2020
Sarasota CountyFL56.4Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
Holmes CountyFL57.1Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Marengo CountyAL59.5Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Greene CountyMS59.7Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Harrison CountyMS62.9Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Choctaw CountyAL66.8Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Manatee CountyFL70.1Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
DeSoto CountyFL73.1Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
Glades CountyFL73.4Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
Stone CountyMS75.1Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Wayne CountyMS75.7Category 1Sep 16, 2020
Washington CountyFL75.8Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Hillsborough CountyFL75.9Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
Hale CountyAL77.3Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Pinellas CountyFL78.6Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
Perry CountyMS78.6Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Bay CountyFL86.4Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Sumter CountyAL86.8Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Hancock CountyMS89.7Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Hardee CountyFL89.7Tropical stormSep 13, 2020
Highlands CountyFL89.8Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
Greene CountyAL91.1Tropical stormSep 17, 2020
Clarke CountyMS92.9Tropical stormSep 16, 2020
Forrest CountyMS95.2Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Okeechobee CountyFL99.1Tropical stormSep 12, 2020
St. Tammany ParishLA99.2Category 2Sep 16, 2020
Pearl River CountyMS99.4Category 2Sep 16, 2020

Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.