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Hurricane Sally Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL192020
1200 AM CDT Wed Sep 16 2020
 
...12 AM CDT POSITION UPDATE...
...SALLY STRENGTHENS INTO A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE AS IT INCHES 
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD...

Recent data from An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft and 
the Mobile Alabama Doppler weather radar indicate that Sally has 
strengthened to 100 mph (160 km/h). 

If further strengthening becomes likely before Sally's center 
reaches the northern Gulf coast later this morning, then a Special 
Advisory will be issued at 100 AM CDT.

A sustained wind of 76 mph (122 km/h) with a gust to 96 mph (155 
km/h) was recently reported in Sally's northern eyewall by NOAA 
buoy 42012, located about 50 miles southeast of Mobile, Alabama. An 
unofficial report of a wind gust to 60 mph (97 km/h) was recently 
received from an amateur radio operator in Navarre Beach, Florida.

  
SUMMARY OF 1200 AM CDT...0500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 87.8W
ABOUT 65 MI...105 KM SSE OF MOBILE ALABAMA
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM SW OF PENSACOLA FLORIDA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...100 MPH...160 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 2 MPH...4 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB...28.64 INCHES
 
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Forecaster Stewart
 
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