Overview
- The Storm Prediction Center issued Tornado Watch 633 at 5:25 a.m. CDT, effective until noon for southeast Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and adjacent coastal waters.
- A broken band of strong to severe storms is moving east with a risk for a couple of tornadoes and isolated damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, along with heavy downpours.
- An early-morning SPC update reported a notable uptick in intensity and a couple of radar-confirmed tornadoes as supercells tracked from southeast Louisiana into southern Mississippi.
- By mid-morning, SPC assessed that the strongest activity is near the immediate coast, the inland severe potential is low, and a downstream watch is not expected.
- Areas under the watch include parishes such as Jefferson, Orleans, and St. Tammany in Louisiana and counties including Hancock, Jackson, and Harrison in Mississippi.