NOAA AND AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT REPORTS THAT SALLY HAS RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE… …ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING EXPECTED

NOAA AND AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT REPORTS THAT SALLY HAS RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN INTO A HURRICANE… …ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING EXPECTED

At 1130 AM CDT (1630 UTC), the center of Hurricane Sally was located near latitude 28.7 North, longitude 87.0 West. Sally is moving toward the west-northwest near 7 mph (11 km/h). This general motion is expected to continue today, followed by a decrease in forward speed and a turn toward the northwest tonight and a northward turn sometime on Tuesday. On the forecast track, the center of Sally will move over the north-central Gulf of Mexico today, approach southeastern Louisiana tonight, and make landfall in the hurricane warning area on Tuesday or Tuesday night. Afterward, Sally is expected to move slowly north-northeastward near the northern Gulf Coast through Wednesday.

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