837 FPUS72 KCHS 262247 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 SCZ043>045-047>050-262345- BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-JASPER-NORTHERN COLLETON- SOUTHERN COLLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...CHARLESTON... EDISTO BEACH...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE...WALTERBORO 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 .NOW... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ALONG A LINE FROM SOUTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY NEAR RIDGEVILLE TO SOUTH OF ASHEPOO IN COLLETON COUNTY ACROSS CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY TO HARDEEVILLE IN JASPER COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH IN 30 MINUTES CAN BE EXPECTED RESULTING IN STANDING WATER AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. $$ GAZ116>119-137>141-262345- COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE... LUDOWICI...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...TOWNSEND...WILMINGTON ISLAND 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MAINLY ALONG INTERSTATE 95. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH UP TO TWO INCHES IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114-115-SCZ040-042-262345- ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-JENKINS-SCREVEN- TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...CLAXTON...HAMPTON...METTER... MILLEN...REIDSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA 647 PM EDT FRI JUL 26 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP INTO THE EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL DISSIPATE AS WE APPROACH SUNSET. $$ SLF