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 2 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CATAHOULA CONCORDIA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, FAYETTE, FERRIDAY, HARRISONBURG, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JONESVILLE, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MONTICELLO, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, ROXIE, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, VIDALIA, WESSON, WEST FERRIDAY, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.