THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 622 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS PLAQUEMINES ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA WASHINGTON IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON PEARL RIVER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AMITE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BELLE CHASSE, BOGALUSA, BURAS, CHALMETTE, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, CUT OFF, DARLINGTON, DENHAM SPRINGS, DESTREHAN, DIAMONDHEAD, EASLEYVILLE, EAST NEW ORLEANS, ENON, FRANKLINTON, GALLIANO, GAUTIER, GREENSBURG, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, KENNER, LACOMBE, LAPLACE, LAROSE, MANDEVILLE, MCNEIL, METAIRIE, MONTPELIER, MOSS POINT, NEW ORLEANS, NORCO, OCEAN SPRINGS, PASCAGOULA, PICAYUNE, POINTE A LA HACHE, PONCHATOULA, PORT SULPHUR, RACELAND, RESERVE, ROBERT, SLIDELL, ST. MARTIN, THIBODAUX, VIOLET, WALKER, WATSON, AND WAVELAND.