It almost looks like the tree was ready to be hauled away as it landed in the back of Chris Smith’s farm truck next to Schooler Funeral Home in Fairfax.

When you travel east of Fairfax on US Hwy. 46, there are entire fields of corn that are laying flat. The storm that hit Atchison County Thursday, June 29, also broke 16 electrical poles, resulting in outages for customers of Atchison-Holt Electric Cooperative.

On most of the streets in Fairfax you will find piles of branches and fallen trees that have been pushed to the side to open the street up.

After weeks of little to no rain, Atchison County residents were awakened in the early morning hours of Thursday, June 29, by the wonderful sounds of water falling. But with that also came the sounds of rolling thunder, clashes of lightning, the thud of hail hitting structures, and for some, the sound of their property being ripped apart by the wind. David and Melissa White, who live on the eastern edge of the county, went out after the storm to discover that their camper had tumbled across the yard and was left in ruins, their lawn mower was lying upside down in the yard, and one of their grain bins was found to have a gaping hole in the top. Several poles along Route N near their house were also toppled and power lines were downed, creating power outages. (Melissa White photos)

This grain bin took a direct hit, as it was blown into a bean field near the intersection of US Hwy. 46 and Route N east of Fairfax.