Gordon formed near the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula on Monday and made landfall over South Florida later in the day.
The area was battered heavy rain and strong winds throughout the day.
Today the storm travelled northwestward across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
The tropical storm is expected to make a second landfall near Gulfport, Mississippi tonight.
Gordon could potentially turn into a Category 1 hurricane once it makes landfall, although the chances of this happening are getting slimmer.
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AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said wind shear, a change in wind direction or speed with altitude, could prevent the tropical storm from strengthening.
He said: “Fast movement and wind shear have been limiting the intensity of Gordon on Tuesday, but the storm will be monitored closely for strengthening into Tuesday evening as
the water is quite warm.
“Gordon is running out of time to strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane.
“However, there are still significant risks to lives and property from a tropical storm.”
As a result of the threat to people’s lives, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency in southeast Louisiana on Monday afternoon.
Over in Grand Isle, Louisiana, Mayor David Camardelle also announced a voluntary evacuation had been ordered on the town’s Facebook page on Monday.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant has declared a state of emergency as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches the Gulf Coast.
He said on Monday night that thiswill make state resources and personnel available to areas affected by the storm.
Anyone living or traveling through Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi; Mobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida, should prepare for potential travel delays and disruptive flooding around the
middle part of the week related to direct impacts from Gordon.
Flash flooding is likely from the central Gulf Coast to the lower Mississippi Valley.
There could be four to eight inches of rain fall from the western Florida Panhandle through southern Alabama and into Mississippi.
The NHC has also warned of a few tornadoes are possible near the coasts of Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.
Gordon is currently located around 145 miles east-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
The storm’s speed is also at round 15 to 20 mph, which is considered relatively fast for a tropical cyclone, according to The Weather Channel.
The storm is expected to bring gusts of wind up to 65 mph as it moves across the eastern Gulf of Mexico.