The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has announced that a Hurricane Watch and Tropical Storm Warning are in effect for the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Gordon Update-Along #MississippiGulfCoast and surrounding areas a #StormSurgeWarning and #HurricaneWatch is currently in effect. Conditions are EXPECTED still within the next 36 hours or less. #HeavyRainfall, 3 to 5 feet #StormSurge and #TropicalStorm force winds expected. #MSWX pic.twitter.com/ut09VMts51
— MSEMA (@MSEMA) September 3, 2018
The National Hurricane Center said that Tropical Storm Gordon has been formed in the upper portion of the Florida Keys.
A Hurricane Watch means hurricane-force winds are possible within the next 48 hours. A Storm Surge Warning means there is a danger of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, within the next 36 hours.
Tropical Storm Warning already issued for the Mississipi Gulf Coast, meaning tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 36 hours or less #Gordon #mswx https://t.co/GKMCQLXbbD
— MSEMA (@MSEMA) September 3, 2018
The storm is expected to reach the southernmost part of Mississippi by late Tuesday evening on Sept. 4th. Projections show the storm will then begin moving inland Wednesday the 5th.
Coast leaders have begun preparations for Gordon and self-serve sandbag stations have already been set up by both Harrison County EMA and Jackson County EMA.
Harrison County Locations:
- Long Beach- Harbor @ Pavilion- Hwy 90
- Gulfport – Courthouse Road Pier Parking Lot-Hwy 90
- Harrison County Road Department -10076 Lorraine Road (Hwy 605) Gulfport
- Diberville – Harrison County District One Work Center-10085 Doris Deno/Rodriquez
- Biloxi – Biloxi Fire Station # 9, 9370 Oaklawn Road
- Biloxi – Popp Ferry Soccer Fields- 2150 Popp Ferry Road
- Gulfport – Orange Grove Community Center – Dedeaux Road
- Gulfport – Fire Station on 42nd Avenue
- Gulfport – Intersection of Hewes Avenue and Glover Street
Jackson County Locations:
- Ocean Springs – West Division Roads Dept – N. Washington Ave. (Hwy 609)
- Vancleave – Central Division Roads Dept. – 8500 Jim Ramsey Road
- Moss Point – East Division Roads Dept – 10825 Hwy 63
- Moss Point – Escatawpa VFD – 3801 Sentinel Drive
- Moss Point – Behind Central Fire Station – 4204 Bellview St.
- Pascagoula – Jackson County Fair Grounds Barn
- Gautier – Behind City Hall – 3330 Hwy 90
- Ocean Springs – Ocean Springs Public Works – 712 Pine Drive
- St. Andrews Fire Dept – 1401 Elm Street
- Fort Lake Fire Dept – 10701 Forts Lake Road
