Home / News / U.P. Tornado Confirmed
Frank A. Douglass Insurance Agency

U.P. Tornado Confirmed

The National Weather Service says a tornado did hit the western Upper Peninsula during a Monday night storm.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a low-end EF-1 tornado hit near the Gogebic County community of Bessemer.

Winds were estimated around 90 miles-per-hour.

The state Department of Natural Resources says the storm dumped nearly a foot of rain and washed out access to a boat launch.

Check Also

Copper Shores Bridges Ontonagon Workshop shares how community leaders can impact local cycles of poverty

The communities of the western upper peninsula are full of hardworking people trying to get …