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FPUS72 KCHS 262158
NOWCHS

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002

SCZ044-045-262245-
BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONCKS CORNER AND SAINT GEORGE
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002

.NOW...
A PARTICULARLY STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH BLINDING RAINS...FREQUENT 
LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD 
HARLEYVILLE...SPRING HILL AND PRINGLETOWN FROM SAINT GEORGE AND 
MOUNT ZION. RAIN AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES TIME WILL 
OCCUR...RESULTING IN STANDING RAINWATER AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. 
$$


SCZ043-262245-
NORTHERN COLLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALTERBORO
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH 
NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY THIS EVENING...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS 
POSSIBLE NEAR THE SEA BREEZE BOUNDARY AROUND THE COMMUNITIES OF 
WHITE HALL AND JACKSONBORO. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND 
GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN WEATHER HAZARDS.
$$

GAZ088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042-047-262245-
ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN-
INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-JASPER-LONG-SCREVEN-
TATTNALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE...
LUDOWICI...METTER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON AND RIDGELAND
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002

.NOW...
WIDELY SEPARATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO FORM 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE NEARBY CAROLINA COUNTIES THIS 
EVENING. THROUGH 7 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE FOUND IN 
GEORGIA...IN THE AREAS BETWEEN SUNBURY...DARIEN AND LUDOWICI. VERY 
HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO EARTH 
LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED IN AND NEAR THESE LOCATIONS. MOTORISTS 
SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER AND VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO 
BECAUSE OF THE HARD DOWNPOURS. 
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