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TXC373-240015-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS

   ...SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY

AT 638 PM...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM NEAR SEGNO. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO
LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE WARNING ISSUED EARLIER FOR POLK COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO... SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR
ROOM... SUCH AS A CLOSET OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.
AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS WITH
CUSHIONS... BLANKETS... OR PILLOWS.