By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
There used to be a large tree in front of the building at 222 West 6th Street housing the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce, Geary County Convention & Visitors Bureau and other organizations including 107.9 FM and 1420 KJCK AM. That is no longer the case after a brief but intense thunderstorm that swept through Junction City Sunday morning.
No one was injured, but Geary County Emergency Management Director Garry Berges said there were trees and limbs down with the major area being from about Jefferson Street west to Jackson Street and between about 5th Street to 10th Street. "One tree over at 8th and Adams, looks like when it broke, the big limb fell against a house. That's most of our damage that we had."
Berges said authorities don't know if there was a downburst of wind or just a storm that intensified enough. Some small hail accompanied the storm which moved off to the south and east.