Tropical Storm Gordon
Sep 2, 2018 to Sep 7, 2018Peak 69 mph996 mb
Tropical Storm Gordon passed within 50 miles of 31 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Jackson County, MS, as a tropical storm on September 5, 2018.
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Tropical Storm Gordon · 2018
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
From space
Tropical Storm Gordon on September 4, 2018, about 8 hours before landfall in Jackson County, MS.

The storm
- Peak strength
- Tropical storm
- 69 mph, 60 kt
- Lowest pressure
- 996 mb
- Over the whole track
- Counties within 50 miles
- 31
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Counties within 100 miles
- 59
- AL, FL, LA, MS
- Landfalls recorded
- 3
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Stone County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Miami-Dade County | FL | 0.3 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 1.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 4.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | MS | 7.6 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Collier County | FL | 12.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 20.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | FL | 30.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 31.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 31.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 32.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington Parish | LA | 35.2 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 35.6 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 39.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Charlotte County | FL | 45.5 | Tropical storm |
| Broward County | FL | 45.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hendry County | FL | 47.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 50.9 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 53.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 58.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 63.5 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 64.9 | Tropical storm |
| Palm Beach County | FL | 65.8 | Tropical storm |
| DeSoto County | FL | 66.5 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 67.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glades County | FL | 67.6 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 67.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 75.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 78.1 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 81.4 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marengo County | AL | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Highlands County | FL | 83.3 | Tropical storm |
| Hardee County | FL | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Conecuh County | AL | 86.3 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 87.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 88.0 | Tropical storm |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 98.8 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 98.9 | Tropical storm |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.