Vicky is the twentieth named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Tuesday, the storm had maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, and was about 500 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Tropical Depression 21 strengthened into Tropical Storm Vicky Monday morning, but it is expected to be a short-lived system.Īt 5 a.m. Some strengthening is possible Tuesday night but weakening is forecast to begin Wednesday, according to the NHC.
“In addition, this rainfall will lead to widespread moderate to major flooding on area rivers.” “Historic fllife-threatening flash flooding is likely,” forecasters said in the advisory. Some areas could see isolated amounts of 30 inches, the NHC’s latest forecast says. The NHC is warning Gulf Coast residents that Hurricane Sally is expected to move slowly as it approaches land and could bring 10 to 20 inches of rain along the coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Mississippi. Here are the latest updates on the systems being tracked: Hurricane Sally Forecasters are also watching Hurricane Paulette, Tropical Storm Teddy, Tropical Storm Vicky and three areas of interest.
Sally is one of several systems churning in an extremely active Atlantic basin. (WFLA) - Hurricane Sally has weakened as it continues its slow trek toward the Gulf Coast, where the National Hurricane Center says “historic life-threatening flooding” is likely. This story highlighting Tuesday’s hurricane developments is no longer being updated.