Published on: April 18, 2019 at 1:54 PM
A new tornado watch has been issued for the extreme eastern parts of Louisiana and the southeastern quarter of Mississippi until 9:00 pm tonight. This watch includes the cities of Philadelphia, Meridian, Laurel, Hattiesburg, Gulfport, and New Orleans.
A few tornadoes are likely along with damaging winds up to 75 MPH. Isolated hail up to quarter size is possible as well.
The southwestern quarter of Mississippi remains in a tornado watch that was issued earlier until 7:00 pm tonight.
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