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Weather Underground midday recap for Wednesday, September 08, 2010.

The remnants of Tropical Depression Hermine continued to bring flooding rains from central Texas to northern Oklahoma on Wednesday. The storm dumped an estimated 10 to 15 inches of rain over the past 24 hours and led to serious, life threatening flash flooding concerns across the central and northern portions of eastern Texas. In the storm total rainfall report through 10 a.m. CDT, Georgetown Texas reported 13.20 inches, while Austin, Texas reported 11.48 inches. Along with heavy downpours, strong to damaging wind gusts were reported through the afternoon.

Elsewhere, in the East, a broad low pressure system over Quebec, Canada brought increased cloud coverage and windy conditions to portions of the the Great Lakes and the Northeast. A warm front associated with the low lifted across Maine with scattered rain showers through the afternoon. Meanwhile, showers developed along and ahead of an associated cold front that extended through New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Tennessee Valley. Behind the cold front, cooler air settled over the Great Lakes and the Northeast and yielded to lower daytime highs. A few showers also developed downwind of the Lower Great Lakes.

In the West, a low pressure trough produced scattered light to moderate showers from areas of northern California through Washington as the system lingered over the Pacific Northwest. Elsewhere, disturbances rippling through the moist southwest flow spreading across the Four Corners produced more scattered showers and thunderstorms in the Central and Southern Rockies.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday have ranged from a morning low of 34 degrees at Yellowstone, Wyo. to a midday high of 98 degrees at Culpeper, Va.