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TXC201-232000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
203 PM CDT THU OCT 23 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...HARRIS COUNTY

AT 202 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 1 MILE WEST OF SUGARLAND MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH.

ON THIS PATH...THIS STORM WILL CROSS U.S. HIGHWAY 59 NEAR STAFFORD.
STAFFORD IN FORT BEND COUNTY AND MISSOURI CITY IN HARRIS COUNTY
ALONG HIGHWAY 90 ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO... GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON
THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT GET
INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.