000 FPUS72 KCHS 301905 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 305 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 SCZ040-042>045-047>050-302030- 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 305 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 .NOW... THROUGH 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY FROM WESTERN COLLETON COUNTY TO NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY WILL MOVE WEST AROUND 15 MPH. RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. ONE OR TWO SPOTS ESPECIALLY IN COLLETON COUNTY COULD RECEIVE AS MUCH AS AN INCH. ELSEWHERE...AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN OVER BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WEAKEN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS PER HOUR. $$ AUSTIN