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FPUS72 KCHS 010046
NOWCHS

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
745 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

SCZ040-042>045-047>050-010230-
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
745 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN DORCHESTER...NORTHERN COLLETON...AND
HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH 8:30 AND WILL EXTEND INTO NORTHERN BERKELEY
COUNTY AFTER 8 PM. THESE STRONGER STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
A FEW LOCATIONS CAN EXPECT A QUICK ONE INCH OF RAIN. LIGHTER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS AND INTO SOUTHERN
BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
$$

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-010230-
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
745 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

.NOW...
WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE
NORTHERN COAST OF GEORGIA AFTER 8 PM. AN AREA OF RAIN OVER CENTRAL
GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO EASTERN GEORGIA THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS. THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS TATTNALL...
CANDLER AND JENKINS COUNTIES AROUND 8 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH UP TO ONE HALF
AN INCH POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
$$

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