263 FPUS72 KILM 301102 NOWILM SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 659 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002 NCZ087-096-097-099>101-SCZ017-023-024-032>034-301300- BLADEN NC-BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-DARLINGTON SC-DILLON SC- FLORENCE SC-HORRY SC-MARION SC-MARLBORO SC-NEW HANOVER NC-PENDER NC- ROBESON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MYRTLE BEACH...MULLINS...MARION...LORIS... LAKE CITY...HARTSVILLE...FLORENCE...DILLON...DARLINGTON...CONWAY... BENNETTSVILLE...WILMINGTON...WHITEVILLE...TABOR CITY...SOUTHPORT... SHALLOTTE...LUMBERTON...LELAND...HAMPSTEAD...ELIZABETHTOWN AND BURGAW 659 AM EDT FRI AUG 30 2002 .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND FROM THE OFFSHORE WATERS THROUGH 9 AM. RAINFALL VARIES FROM LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OVER BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER...BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES WHERE FLOODING HAS OCCURRED DURING THE PAST HOUR. RAINFALL OVER THESE AREAS ARE IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. RAINFALL SHOULD DIMINISH AS THE RAINS MOVE NORTH AROUND 25 MPH. $$ CH