TTAA00 KHOU 272052
TXC407-232345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
540 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

   ...SAN JACINTO COUNTY

AT 540 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR CUT AND
SHOOT.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SAM HOUSTON NATIONAL FOREST. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING
AREAS BETWEEN COLDSPRING AND SHEPHERD BY 615 PM.

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.