000 FPUS72 KCHS 291738 NOWCHS SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 138 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 GAZ088-099>101-114>116-137-138-291901- BULLOCH-CANDLER-EFFINGHAM-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-INLAND LIBERTY-LONG- SCREVEN-TATTNALL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAXTON...HALFMOON LANDING...HINESVILLE... LUDOWICI...METTER...PEMBROKE...REIDSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... STATESBORO AND SYLVANIA 138 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 .NOW... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY NEAR THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN LONG AND EVANS COUNTIES AS WELL AS INTO CENTRAL BULLOCH COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON PARTICULARLY OVER CENTRAL LIBERTY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. $$ GAZ117>119-139>141-SCZ042-047-048-051-291901- BEAUFORT-COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL JASPER- COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-HAMPTON-INLAND CHATHAM- INLAND JASPER-INLAND MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DARIEN...SAVANNAH...TOWNSEND... WILMINGTON...WILMINGTON ISLAND...BEAUFORT...HAMPTON... HILTON HEAD ISLAND AND RIDGELAND 138 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2003 .NOW... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGEST STORMS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 3 PM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER DOWNPOURS. $$