Gordon weakened further into a tropical depression and on November 19 it made its fifth and last landfall near Vero Beach , Florida and on November 21 Gordon died out while over South Carolina . On November 19 , the storm turned to the southwest , and the next day Gordon deteriorated to tropical depression status as it curved westward . Early on November 20 Gordon moved ashore near Cape Canaveral , Florida as a minimal tropical cyclone ; it turned northward into Georgia , and on November 21 Gordon dissipated over South Carolina .