Tornado Watch 12/28/2024 05:41 for Louisiana, Mississippi areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued December 28 at 7:41AM CST until December 28 at 3:00PM CST by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
December 28, 2024 - 5:41am
Expires: 
December 28, 2024 - 1:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 718 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CATAHOULA CONCORDIA FRANKLIN MADISON RICHLAND TENSAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 18 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI COPIAH HINDS RANKIN SIMPSON SMITH IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DELHI, FAYETTE, FERRIDAY, HARRISONBURG, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, JACKSON, JONESVILLE, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MONTICELLO, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWELLTON, PEARL, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, RALEIGH, RAYVILLE, RICHLAND, ROXIE, ST. JOSEPH, TALLULAH, TAYLORSVILLE, VICKSBURG, VIDALIA, WATERPROOF, WESSON, WEST FERRIDAY, WEST HATTIESBURG, AND WINNSBORO.
Area Description: 
Catahoula, LA; Concordia, LA; Franklin, LA; Madison, LA; Richland, LA; Tensas, LA; Adams, MS; Claiborne, MS; Copiah, MS; Covington, MS; Forrest, MS; Franklin, MS; Hinds, MS; Jefferson, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Jones, MS; Lamar, MS; Lawrence, MS; Lincoln, MS; Marion, MS; Rankin, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS; Warren, MS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS