article_snippet: The storm left residents' cars and backyards checkered with hailstones up to 12 centimetres in diameter .
article_snippet: Mr O'Leary said that the storm dropped 'softball size hail' on Mr O'Leary yard .
article_snippet: Mr O'Leary said that the storm dropped 'softball size hail' on his yardhis yard, and flattened some of the crops on Mr O'Leary farmland, though some were left untouched by the storm.
article_snippet: After the worse of the storm was over, Mr O'Leary reported that 'grape size' hailstones continued to drop on the region.
highlights_snippet: The region was hit with hailstones up to 12 centimetres in diameter .
  
highlights_snippet: Farmer Terry O'Leary said that a wild storm dropped 'softball size hail' 