Though the remains of Frances brushed the metropolitan area, areas to the south and west of Washington experienced a lot of rainfall yesterday. And in some areas, small tornados were spawned. From the Post:

A small tornado spun along about 500 yards or so, tearing up some trees by the roots and scattering debris, said Don McGuire, the county’s director of emergency management. A National Weather Service-trained spotter — an emergency manager — and other witnesses saw the funnel cloud, Weather Service meteorologist John Darnley said. The agency plans to send out a team today to confirm that it was a tornado. Experts also will check reports by a police officer and others that a tornado sped through King George County later in the afternoon.

Capital Weather informs us that another hurricane is on the horizons for Florida. Ivan, now a powerful category 5 storm is likely to strike Jamaica and then head across Cuba and into the vicinity of South Florida.