A new Australian hail record has been made in Queensland as giant ice stones smashed Yalboroo, north of Mackay, on Tuesday afternoon.
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed they had seen credible footage of hail stones measuring an insane 16 cm in diameter, surpassing the previous record set around the same time last year in another Queensland town, Brisbane.
“It’s very impressive – obviously not for the residents underneath it – but some very impressive hail. We saw some photos of hail next to a tape measure, the team will be looking at that to see if we can verify it."- Senior Meteorologist Dean Narramore