Hailstorm in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

[lkm51]

Not long ago, there is a Hailstorm that hit Ipswich badly.. well.. another one happen today.. since it happened in the evening, I managed to snap some photos..

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This photo was taken before everything started.. the clouds were very low.. there are design and shapes to it.. when I was walking in Uni.. you can see shape forming like a tornado.. once I reached home, I grab my camera and snap this photo

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This is the begining of the hail.. as you can see ice chunks all over the floor and still dropping.. If you are wondering how bad it is.. look at the next photo..

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It's really hail.. pretty serious one.. all over the ground.. and kept falling..

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This is another view.. a clearer one.. click to enlarge the photo to see..

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This is from another view..

[lkm51]

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This view is from my room.. my laptop reflection on the right of the photo

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Thought of snapping something nice..

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Rain was pretty bad.. reports said that gust wind up to 100km/hour were reported.. I was outside when the heavy wind blew.. and it's very very very hard hit..

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Another nice view I managed to catched!

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This is the sky after the 1st wave of rain and hail..

[lkm51]

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This is the view at the back of my room..

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After the 2nd wave of rain.. I had a gut feeling that I'll see a rainbow.. and I did! My second rainbow scene in Australia..

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Another view from 11mm

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This is the sky after the "disaster"

[Soon Ruey]

Nice capture...:hurray:

[CompMac]

Great reporting!! Hail is very cool. :D I saw that too when I was in UK.

[AMstronG]

i saw 3 times hailstorm here in my house when i was small.:superman2:

[lkm51]

cool cool~

today weather so cool..

[shengliang1981]

Nice compositions!!

[blu_by_u]

No pic of damage? like broken windows, roofs, cars and etc

[lkm51]

as far as i know my place not much damage.. manage to escape again.. the last time a lot of roof and windows kena hancur...heehehe