TTAA00 KHOU 272146
TXC373-232345-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY


WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR
SHEPHARD MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL 
BE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY BEFORE 6 PM AND CROSSING 
HWY 146 EAST OF GOODRICH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGE IN EASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

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.