979 
FPUS72 KCHS 261627
NOWCHS

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

SCZ040-042>045-261905-
ALLENDALE-BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-NORTHERN COLLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...MONCKS CORNER...
SAINT GEORGE AND WALTERBORO
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

.NOW...
FAST MOVING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH 
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS 
TO 30 MPH EXPECTED. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL BE NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF 
TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN.
$$

SCZ047>050-261905-
BEAUFORT-CHARLESTON-JASPER-SOUTHERN COLLETON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH...
HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND RIDGELAND
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

.NOW...
THE HEAVY AND STEADY RAINS ARE LONG GONE...BUT PERSISTENT QUICKLY 
MOVING SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF THE LOW 
COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINS WILL LAST NO MORE THAN 30 MINUTES AT 
ANY GIVEN LOCATION...BUT BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL RESULT IN A 
REDUCTION IN VISIBILITY UNDER 1/2 MILE. PLEASE DRIVE WITH EXTREME 
CARE. FOR BOATERS ON THE INTRA-COASTAL...WIND GUSTS WILL EASILY 
REACH NEAR 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. 
$$

GAZ116>119-137>141-261905-
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-LONG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARIEN...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE...
LUDOWICI...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...TOWNSEND...
WILMINGTON AND WILMINGTON ISLAND
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

.NOW...
SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO EITHER DEVELOP OR MOVE INLAND FROM THE 
ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS WILL BE 
BRIEF...BUT HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. RAIN AMOUNTS 
IN A FEW LOCATIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA WILL REACH 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH 
IN AN HOURS TIME.
$$

GAZ087-088-099>101-114-115-261905-
BULLOCH-CANDLER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-JENKINS-SCREVEN-TATTNALL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...METTER...MILLEN...REIDSVILLE...
SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO AND SYLVANIA
1225 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2002

.NOW...
EXPECT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING OR MOVING INTO THE 
AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN INCREASING THREAT OF 
STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. GUSTY 
WINDS...HEAVY RAINS ARE THE CURRENT MAIN WEATHER THREATS. IF YOU 
HAVE OUTDOORS PLANS...REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF RAPIDLY 
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. 
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