683 FPUS72 KCHS 312336 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 736 PM EDT WED JUL 31 2002 SCZ040-042>045-047>050-010030- 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... SAINT GEORGE...WALTERBORO 736 PM EDT WED JUL 31 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER COASTAL BEAUFORT AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES THROUGH 8:30 PM. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STRONGER STORMS. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-010030- BULLOCH-CANDLER-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-JENKINS-LONG-SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING... HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...MILLEN...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND... WILMINGTON ISLAND 736 PM EDT WED JUL 31 2002 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING THROUGH 8:30 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE HALF AN INCH WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE INCH IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. $$