Those along the Alabama Gulf Coast endured Hurricane Sally coming ashore as a Category 2 storm early this morning and are still dealing with winds and rains as the sunlight reveals the destruction.
Hurricane Sally made landfall at 4:45 a.m. at Gulf Shores and the slow-moving storm is still bringing wind gusts of nearly 70 miles per hour in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
Dawn revealed downed trees, flooded roads and other damage inland and extensive damage to docks, piers and boats.
The danger isn’t over for the Gulf Coast as well as inland areas of Alabama.
The main threat of flooding across Alabama today will come across the southern half of the state… A few isolated tornadoes are also possible across Southeast Alabama. pic.twitter.com/skVclwHgzj
— James Spann (@spann) September 16, 2020
Cars submerged,boats washed up on the road and water in the condos in Orange Beach, AL. @weatherchannel @JimCantore @StephanieAbrams #ALwx pic.twitter.com/fmVqUvtu9a
— Charles Peek (@CharlesPeekWX) September 16, 2020
Near Playa at Sportsman Marina in Orange Beach, AL. Water really came up here. #HurricaneSally pic.twitter.com/nwUK4h5QCG
— Brian Entin (@BrianEntin) September 16, 2020
Another look at the “reverse storm surge” over Mobile Bay. Strong north winds on the west side of Sally pushing water out of the bay. Photo taken at the mouth of Dog River on the west side of Mobile Bay by Buddy Oldshue pic.twitter.com/nFFEMzWNKY
— James Spann (@spann) September 16, 2020
Strong north winds on the west side of Sally continue to push lots of water out of Mobile Bay… This video was taken from the eastern shore at Daphne by Chris Allison pic.twitter.com/jIlidByqPW
— James Spann (@spann) September 16, 2020
The roof of souvenir city collapses under #Sally’s hurricane force winds in Gulf Shores Wednesday morning @Spann @TaylorSarallo #alwx
Video courtesy: LiveStormsMedia / Logan Poole pic.twitter.com/j4ORWKhPYB
— ABC 33/40 News (@abc3340) September 16, 2020
Flash Flood Emergency including Pensacola FL, Navarre FL, Ferry Pass FL until 5:30 PM CDT pic.twitter.com/yqyLF6Cpf3
— NWS Mobile (@NWSMobile) September 16, 2020
Atmore,Al @spann @NWSMobile @rzweather @StormHour @michaelwhitewx @ThomasGeboyWX @WEARKDaniel @AlanSealls @WKRGEd #alwx #hurricanesally pic.twitter.com/1PSUDfdAXj
— Ditto Gorme (@sandtrapper) September 16, 2020
This condo had 5 corners blown out from Hurricane Sally. Other damage around Gulf Shores includes lots of roof damage and flooding still is a problem. The gulf front section of Gulf Shores is cutoff by the water from the mainland. #alwx #HurricaneSally pic.twitter.com/JpgM5tXCgA
— Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) September 16, 2020
Ono Island damage… from Braxton Brown pic.twitter.com/ragBuA9eXl
— James Spann (@spann) September 16, 2020
Update: the water is over the road on County Road 39 in Stapleton. Maddie’s trampoline is now on my car. And there’s a…
Posted by Jonathan Maddox on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Posted by Malinn Rivers Kostelecky on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Hurricane Sally has knocked down trees and power lines all around our house. The neighbors have trees down on their cars. Our garage is flooding and the water is up to our door – still pouring rain…
Posted by Cherina Leonard on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Our High-Water Evacuation Teams train year-round for storms like these. Our engineers maintain certified skills on all…
Posted by Alabama National Guard on Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Power restoration efforts are being inhibited by high winds and bad weather along with other factors.
Significant damage in Mobile area because of Hurricane Sally. 152,000 customers without power. Stay away from downed lines and flooded areas. Next update at 11 am.
— alabamapower (@alabamapower) September 16, 2020
