PTC 7 formed at the 5 PM advisory on September 2, 2018 with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and a central pressure of 1012 mb. PTC7 was upgraded to Tropical Storm Gordon at 8:05 AM on September 3, 2018 in addition to making its first landfall on the far south Florida coast.
Tropical storm warnings were issued along the Louisiana and Mississippi coastline in response to the formation of Gordon. Gordon also made landfall upon formation over south Florida.
Gordon made landfall at 10:15 PM just west of the MS/AL border.
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