000 FPUS72 KCHS 211247 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 746 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-211500- BULLOCH-CANDLER-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING... HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...MILLEN...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND... WILMINGTON ISLAND 746 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002 .NOW... RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG THE COAST WILL GRADUALLY MOVE OFFSHORE THROUGH 10 AM. FURTHER INLAND...SCATTERED AREAS OF MAINLY LIGHT RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS EAST OF A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO LUDOWICI...WILL AVERAGE ONE THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH. ELSEWHERE...AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. $$ SCZ040-042>045-047>050-211500- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-JASPER- NORTHERN COLLETON-SOUTHERN COLLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH...HAMPTON...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND... ST. GEORGE...WALTERBORO 746 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002 .NOW... AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 10 AM. A FEW SPOTS FROM BEAUFORT SOUTHWARD WILL PICK UP A THIRD OF AN INCH...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. $$ RVT