Damage to trees at the Marion West houseboat site on Rainy River within Voyageurs National Park
The National Weather Service out of Duluth is confirming three tornadoes touched down in or around Koochiching County earlier this month, one landing not far from Fort Frances and International Falls.
They were part a July 17th storm that drew tornado warnings on both sides of the border.
One tornado was identified as a category F-1 with winds reaching 100 miles per hour and struck within Voyageurs National Park at Locator Lake, moving northeast toward Marion Bay in Rainy Lake and likely into northwestern Ontario.
The path followed by July 17, 2019 tornado that struck near Locator Lake in Voyageurs National Park (Courtesy National Weather Service)
Another was confirmed along the Itasca/Koochiching County line near Wirth and Effie.
July 17 storm taken near Effie (National Weather Service photo)
A third was witnessed near Orr.
July 17, 2019 tornado damage near Orr, MN (Photo courtesy National Weather Service)
Both of them caused limited damage. No injuries were reported from either tornado.
