TTAA00 KHOU 272039
TXC473-232145-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...WALLER COUNTY

AT 345 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST
MONAVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HEMPSTEAD AND MONAVILLE ARE IN ITS PATH.

THERE WAS A PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO SOUTH OF BELLVILLE WITH 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.