Tropical Storm Gordon drowns Alabama streets as system makes landfall

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall on Tuesday, drowning Alabaman streets beneath rain, storm surge and forceful winds as the system brought a hurricane warning and other advisories to communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

The storm had winds reaching up to 112 km/h as it moved inland on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

WATCH: Amateur video recorded in Gulf Shores, Alabama Wednesday where Tropical Storm Gordon packed a punch on the beaches

1:02 Pounding waves, surf as Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall in Alabama

The strongest storm surge was expected along the coasts of Mississippi, with much of it concentrated from the mouth of the Pearl River to Dauphin Island.

The NHC has issued a storm surge warning for the area of Biloxi, Miss., to Dauphin Island.

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WATCH: The International Space Station provided a view of Tropical Storm Gordon before it made landfall.

0:53 ISS records view of Tropical Storm Gordon from space

It also issued a storm surge watch for the area east of Dauphin Island to Navarre, a hurricane warning for Park River to the Florida-Alabama border.

There was also a tropical storm warning for the Florida-Alabama border to the Okaloosa-Walton County Line.