TTAA00 KHOU 272102 TXC225-240330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 952 PM CDT THU OCT 23 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST TEXAS ...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 949 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HOUSTON COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED. THE STORM WAS 3 MILES EAST OF WECHES MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL THREATEN EASLY BEFORE LEAVING THE COUNTY. THIS STORM PRODUCED NICKEL AND GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL AROUND 930 PM IN WECHES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE... MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.