247 FPUS72 KCHS 231705 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 105 PM EDT MON SEP 23 2002 SCZ043>045-047>050-231905- BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-DORCHESTER-JASPER-NORTHERN COLLETON- SOUTHERN COLLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH... HILTON HEAD ISLAND...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND... SAINT GEORGE AND WALTERBORO 105 PM EDT MON SEP 23 2002 .NOW... MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEAUFORT TO YEMASSEE WILL EXPERIENCE A SHOWER OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN AMOUNTS THROUGH 3 PM WILL REACH 1/4 INCH IN A FEW PLACES...ALTHOUGH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AWAY FROM THE COAST WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITY BEING REDUCED TO UNDER 1/2 MILE. WIND GUSTS WILL EXCEED 20 MPH IN SOME SHOWERS AS THEY MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST. $$ GAZ099>101-114>119-137>141-231905- BULLOCH-CANDLER-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY- COASTAL MCINTOSH-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM- INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING... HINESVILLE...LUDOWICI...METTER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE...SAVANNAH... SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...TOWNSEND... WILMINGTON AND WILMINGTON ISLAND 105 PM EDT MON SEP 23 2002 .NOW... OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL AFFECT ABOUT 20 TO 30 PERCENT OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...SHOWER WILL OCCUR MAINLY WEST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY...AND MAINLY EAST OF STATESBORO AND REIDSVILLE. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL REACH BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH IN SOME LOCATIONS...WITH BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS ALSO EXPECTED. $$ PM