UPDATE:

Electric service is being restored in Junction City where the number of locations without power is down to 46 in the Westar Energy service area.

The National Weather Service has listed damage reports from the area including vehicles in Junction City damaged by broken tree limbs. a tree fell on a car in Chapman, and limbs down in Wakefield.

As of 6:50 a.m. there were 1,486 locations without electricity in the Westar Energy service area in Junction City.

Firefighters responded in the six o’clock hour to a 1004 Kingsbury Drive location where a power line had caught on fire behind a residence. No injuries, and no major property damage was reported.

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A severe thunderstorm rumbled through Geary County early Tuesday morning, leaving behind tree damage, fire calls for stormwater and sparking power lines, and a substantial number of power outages in the Westar Energy service area.

No injuries or significant building damage has been reported.

As of 6 a.m. there have been 17 power outages, impacting 1,482 customers or locations in Junction City. The Marshall Army Airfield reported wind gusts of 55 mph during the storm.

Firefighters responded to a water problem at Quinton Pointe Apartments on the west side of the city, and to sparking power lines at 1015 West Spruce Street.

Police dispatch has reported tree damage occurred in Junction City.