THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA LIVINGSTON POINTE COUPEE ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AMITE HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON PEARL RIVER PIKE WALTHALL WILKINSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADDIS, AMITE, BATON ROUGE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BOGALUSA, BRUSLY, CENTREVILLE, CLINTON, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, DARLINGTON, DENHAM SPRINGS, DEXTER, DIAMONDHEAD, DOLOROSA, EASLEYVILLE, ENON, FELPS, FORT ADAMS, FRANKLINTON, GAUTIER, GILLSBURG, GLOSTER, GREENSBURG, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, JACKSON, LACOMBE, LETTSWORTH, LIBERTY, LIVONIA, MANDEVILLE, MCCOMB, MCNEIL, MONTPELIER, MOSS POINT, NEW ROADS, OCEAN SPRINGS, PASCAGOULA, PICAYUNE, PONCHATOULA, PORT ALLEN, ROBERT, SALEM, SLIDELL, SMITHDALE, SPILLMAN, ST. FRANCISVILLE, ST. MARTIN, TYLERTOWN, WAKEFIELD, WALKER, WATSON, WAVELAND, AND WOODVILLE.