Tropical Storm Sally is expected to be a Category 2 hurricane at landfall near New Orleans on Tuesday morning.
Hurricane warnings have now been issued from Grand Isle, Louisiana, northeast to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, including New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas. Sally continues to strengthen across the Gulf of Mexico with sustained winds of 50 mph.Storm surges of up to 7-11 feet are possible near the center of the storm and just east of where landfall is expected.
In either case, because of the slow forward movement along the Gulf Coast significant flooding is possible. As of right now, widespread rainfall accumulations of 4 to 6 inches are likely. However, there will be isolated areas right along the coast that could pick up more than a foot of rain.Another system, Tropical Storm Twenty, has formed in the central tropical Atlantic, according to the NHC. Twenty has sustained winds of 35 mph.
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