657 FPUS72 KCHS 070049 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 844 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2002 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>050-070144- ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-BULLOCH-CANDLER-CHARLESTON-COASTAL BRYAN- COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-DORCHESTER- EFFINGHAM-EVANS-HAMPTON-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-JASPER-JENKINS-LONG-NORTHERN COLLETON-SCREVEN- SOUTHERN COLLETON-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING... HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...MILLEN...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE... SAVANNAH...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...SYLVANIA...TOWNSEND... WILMINGTON...WILMINGTON ISLAND...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... EDISTO BEACH...HAMPTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE AND WALTERBORO 844 PM EDT TUE AUG 6 2002 .NOW... THROUGH 945 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ACROSS PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 17...SOUTH OF AWENDAW...AND INTO THE MOUNT PLEASANT AREA. AREAS NEAR DANIELS ISLAND...ISLE OF PALMS...AND SULLIVANS ISLAND WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST TOWARD SAPELO ISLAND. $$ PY