* WHAT. Southwest winds around 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected offshore and around 2 feet in nearshore bays and waterways. * WHERE. Portions of the coastal waters of Alabama and northwest Florida. * WHEN. From 1 AM to 7 PM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 239 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 PARISHES IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA ASCENSION ASSUMPTION EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA IBERVILLE JEFFERSON LAFOURCHE LIVINGSTON ORLEANS PLAQUEMINES POINTE COUPEE ST. BERNARD ST. CHARLES ST. HELENA ST. JAMES ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TERREBONNE WASHINGTON WEST BATON ROUGE WEST FELICIANA IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI AMITE HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON PEARL RIVER PIKE WALTHALL WILKINSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADDIS, AMITE, BATON ROUGE, BAY ST. LOUIS, BAYOU CANE, BAYOU SORREL, BELLE CHASSE, BOGALUSA, BRUSLY, BURAS, CENTREVILLE, CHALMETTE, CLINTON, CONVENT, COVINGTON, CROSSROADS, CUT OFF, DARLINGTON, DENHAM SPRINGS, DESTREHAN, DEXTER, DIAMONDHEAD, DOLOROSA, DONALDSONVILLE, EASLEYVILLE, EAST NEW ORLEANS, ENON, FELPS, FORT ADAMS, FRANKLINTON, GALLIANO, GAUTIER, GILLSBURG, GLOSTER, GONZALES, GRAMERCY, GREENSBURG, GULFPORT, HAMMOND, HOUMA, JACKSON, KENNER, LABADIEVILLE, LACOMBE, LAPLACE, LAROSE, LETTSWORTH, LIBERTY, LIVONIA, LUTCHER, MANDEVILLE, MCCOMB, MCNEIL, METAIRIE, MONTPELIER, MOSS POINT, NEW ORLEANS, NEW ROADS, NORCO, OCEAN SPRINGS, PAINCOURTVILLE, PASCAGOULA, PICAYUNE, PIERRE PART, PLAQUEMINE, POINTE A LA HACHE, PONCHATOULA, PORT ALLEN, PORT SULPHUR, PRAIRIEVILLE, RACELAND, RESERVE, ROBERT, SALEM, SLIDELL, SMITHDALE, SPILLMAN, ST. FRANCISVILLE, ST. MARTIN, THIBODAUX, TYLERTOWN, VIOLET, WAKEFIELD, WALKER, WATSON, WAVELAND, WHITE CASTLE, AND WOODVILLE.