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[August 12, 2010] (AP) The broad remnant low of Tropical Depression Five was forecast to bring significant rainfall to the Gulf Coast on Thursday.

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The storm would carry a lot of tropical moisture as it pushed ashore Thursday morning and would begin slowing down after landfall. The slow nature of this storm would allow it to dump very heavy rains from southern Louisiana through the western Florida Panhandle well into Friday. Areas near the coast would experience the heaviest amounts of rainfall during this two-day period, with maximum totals ranging from 3 to 5 inches. Significant rainfall would keep much of the central Gulf Coast under flood warnings through Friday evening.

Meanwhile, oppressive heat would continue to plague the central and southern states of the nation, with daytime highs reaching past the century mark and heat indexes soaring into the mid-110s. These dangerously hot conditions would keep the region under numerous heat advisories and excessive heat warnings throughout the day.

To the north, a frontal boundary would bring cooler temperatures with more scattered showers and thunderstorms to the Mid-Atlantic.

Behind this activity, a strong low pressure trough and frontal boundary would move into the upper Midwest with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Forecasters said storms across the northern Plains and the upper Mississippi Valley may turn severe with hail and damaging wind gusts.

Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 37 degrees at Mammoth Lakes, Calif., to a high of 111 degrees at Death Valley, Calif.

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[Associated Press article from Weather Underground]