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TXC201-232115-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...HARRIS COUNTY

AT 310 PM...RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC THUNDERSTORMS IN THE HOUSTON
METRO AREA. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELTWAY 8 JUST SOUTHEAST OF
ALDINE.

ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN INSIDE LOOP 610.
THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNINGS ISSUED EARLIER FOR HARRIS COUNTY.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.

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.