storm surge warning here in gulfport, because of three to five feet of storm surge expected. the mobile bay has to watch out. flash flooding with 6 to 12 inches of rain possible. don t forget, this thing moves all the way through the end of the week, we ll be talking about what s left of gordon in the middle of the country. david? all right, we know you ll be tracking it into the night and first thing in the morning on gma. ginger, thank you. and as ginger just reported, gordon is expected to slam ashore right there along the mississippi coast, where schools, businesses, resort casinos have all been shut down tonight, and families are racing to protect their homes from rising water and, of course, dangerous flooding. abc s victor oquendo is there tonight. reporter: tonight, the ominous first bands of rain slamming into the gulf. gordon now closing in. winds of 70 miles per hour, as much as a foot of rain threatening millions in the hours ahead. states of emergency now stretching
damage, and gabe gutierrez is tracking travel delays from hartsfield airport. severe weather slamming both coasts. and the threat of tornados isn t over yet. what can we expect throughout the day? we have the tornado watch that is up for the pan handle of florida and it goes through georgia and the southeastern portion of south carolina. it s all along and ahead of the squall line pushing off to the southeast. we have seen a couple of thunderstorm warning and tornado warnings so far this morning. as the line continues to advance to the east, it will weaken. the watch will go until 2:00 and the threat ends, which is certainly good news for the folks down to the south. here is a look at the squall line. you can see the line right now is passing i-75. from augusta all the way to albany. that s the worst of the weather right now. they re not out of the woods but this is quickly moving off to the east, which is good news. as you mentioned, yes, we have rain slamming both coasts.