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TXC455-232200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST TEXAS

   ...TRINITY COUNTY

AT 348 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TRINITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 
30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CROSSING HIGHWAY 19 IN WESTERN TRINITY 
COUNTY BY 4 PM. FRIDAY AND PENNINGTON 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.