000 FPUS72 KCHS 262329 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 629 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 GAZ087-088-099-100-114-115-SCZ040-270100- ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-EVANS-JENKINS-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...CLAXTON...METTER...MILLEN... REIDSVILLE...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA 629 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 .NOW... AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH UP TO ONE HALF AN INCH POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. $$ GAZ101-116>119-137>141-SCZ042-043-047-048-270100- BEAUFORT-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-JASPER-LONG-NORTHERN COLLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...DARIEN... HALFMOON LANDING...HAMPTON...HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...PEMBROKE... RIDGELAND...SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...TOWNSEND...WALTERBORO... WILMINGTON ISLAND 629 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A FEW OF THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH. $$ SCZ044-045-049-050-270100- BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-SOUTHERN COLLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH... MONCKS CORNER...ST. GEORGE 629 PM EST TUE MAR 26 2002 .NOW... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 7:30 PM AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 30 MPH. THESE STRONGER STORMS ARE MAINLY EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AFTER 7:30 PM. $$ SLF