Tornado watches cover large parts of Louisiana and Mississippi as a line of severe storms moves across the region.

The national Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, said 2.7 million people in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama would be at the highest risk of severe storms on Tuesday. This area includes New Orleans; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama.

In Louisiana, tornado watches covered the metro areas of New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

In Mississippi, a tornado watch covered the southern half of the state and included the Jackson, Hattiesburg and Biloxi areas.

The National Weather Service reports that storm spotters reported a funnel cloud near Baker, Louisiana — just north of Baton Rouge — around 9 a.m. There were no immediate reports of any damage.