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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
406 PM CDT MON APR 8 2002

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR HARRISON AND
JACKSON COUNTIES IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...AND FOR LOWER PLAQUEMINES...
LOWER ST. BERNARD AND LOWER JEFFERSON PARISHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND FOR PEARL RIVER AND WALTHALL COUNTIES IN
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI.

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GULFPORT
MISSISSIPPI TO GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST
AT 20 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF COASTAL MISSISSIPPI AND COASTAL
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROUGH 600 PM.