587 WWUS52 KJAX 272300 SVSJAX GAZ152-164-272330- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 659 PM EDT TUE AUG 27 2002 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN CHARLTON AND SOUTHERN BRANTLEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM EDT... AT 659 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM...GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 301. $$ HESS