Hurricane Sally initially formed as an area of disturbed weather over the Bahamas late on September 10th, 2020. Over the next few days, the system became better organized and became Tropical Depression Nineteen in the afternoon hours on September 11th. Later that night around midnight CDT on September 12th, TD Nineteen made landfall at Key Biscayne with peak winds of 35 mph and a central pressure of 1007mb (29.74 inHg). The system continued west emerging into the east-central Gulf of Mexico and quickly strengthened into a Tropical Storm later in the day on the 11th. This system continued to drift northwestward with time and strengthened into a hurricane in the morning hours on September 14th with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and a central pressure of 985 mb (29.09 inHg) and continued to strengthen becoming a category 2 hurricane shortly after. Sally would then eventually weaken some, and slow down in forward speed before turning very slowly northwards making landfall near Gulf Shores, Alabama as a strong Category 2 hurricane with peak winds of 105 mph and a central pressure of 965mb (28.50 inHg) early in the morning hours on September 16th.
Impacts to southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi was mostly confined to coastal counties of southern Mississippi, southeastern Louisiana and adjacent marine areas. Main impacts included storm surge inundation for coastal areas, as well as some wind damage across portions of Jackson and Harrison County, MS while Hurricane Sally was making landfall east across Gulf Shores, AL. Rainfall was of little impact across coastal MS and westward with only small areas of rainfall totaling around 3 inches reported in eastern Jackson county.

Storm Surge/Tide in HARRISON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-SEP-20 08:38:00 to 15-SEP-20 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Areas impacted by flooding include Pass Christian, with several roadways flooded. Surge around Point Cadet in Biloxi with the bottom level of a parking garage flooded. Storm surge washed over parts of beach blvd near Bay St. Louis. Flooding of roadways occurred in Orange Grove, MS.

Storm Surge/Tide in HANCOCK, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-SEP-20 08:06:00 to 15-SEP-20 13:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

At the time of highest recorded water levels, around 100 low lying roads in the county were covered by varying depths of water with around 10 becoming impassable. Areas impacted by flooding include Waveland, with water over Beach Blvd, as well as flooding over roadways in Shoreline Park in Bay St. Louis, MS. Other reports include flooding around homes in the Riverview area near Bay St. Louis and flooding over roadways and under elevated houses in Kiln, MS. Observations from NOS and USGS sites ranged from 3.66 MHHW at WYCM6 Waveland on the 15th at 12:06 CDT to 5.49 NAVD88 at EPCM6 Claiborne on the 15th at 13:30 CDT.

Storm Surge/Tide in JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
From 15-SEP-20 04:30:00 to 15-SEP-20 13:30:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Other Federal Agency

Numerous streets flooded across Jackson County that were the result of storm surge flooding. A total of 62 roads were covered with water to various depths, mainly near the immediate coast. A few roads were flooded from water moving up the Pascagoula River from the MS sound. Storm surge and wave action damaged the boardwalk/fishing pier in downtown Moss Point on the Escatawpa River. USGS and NOS observations reported between 3.46 MHHW from PNLM6 Pascagoula NOAA and 4.06 NAVD88 from OFBM6 Ocean Springs, MS from storm surge inundation. The county opened two shelters and hosued a total of 26 people during the storm.

Tropical Storm in JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
From 16-SEP-20 04:43:00 to 16-SEP-20 04:43:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Emergency Manager reports widespread trees down across eastern Jackson county. 7,000+ without power as of 4:15 AM CDT. ASOS site KPQL - Pascagoula Airport measured sustained winds of 35 knots on the 16th at 04:43 CDT with a peak wind gust of 48 knots on the 16th at 04:42 CDT. Several wind gusts in excess of 50 mph were reported across the far eastern portion of Jackson County. Two trees fell on houses, one in Escatawpa and one in north Moss Point with no injuries reported. The county opened two shelters and hosued a total of 26 people during the storm.