Giant hailstones the size of plums crashed down over the South on Tuesday with residents rushing out to capture the freak weather . Twitter user Arke USA from Bryant , Arkansas , filmed the ice balls peppering his backyard and noisily plopping into the swimming pool . Footage shows the hailstones coming down at speed , with many cracking as they hit the ground . Despite it being around 80-degrees , the compacted lumps prove resilient to the heat taking a good while to melt . In a matter of seconds the patio is completely covered in snow-white pellets . Caught on camera : Giant hailstones the size of plums crashed down over the South on Tuesday with residents rushing out to capture the freak weather . Monster hail : Brittney Davis from Arkansas holds one of the hail stones that fell from the sky yesterday . Photographs taken after the hail storm passed show large punctures in a lawn . A SUV and drainpipe are also seen littered with dent marks . Other social media users have also been sharing pictures of the monster hail . Many pictures show the balls alongside quarter-dollar coins to demonstrate their mammoth size . Other residents claimed the spheres were as big as baseballs . Before and after shots : Twitter user Arke USA from Bryant , Arkansas , filmed the ice balls peppering his backyard and noisily plopping into the swimming pool . Big pellets : The National Weather Service received 170 reports of hail , twenty of which detailed stones at least two inches in diameter . Lasting damage : Photographs taken after the hail storm passed show punctures in a lawn ( left ) and dent marks on an SUV ( right ) Christopher Pipkin uploaded a photo to Twitter showing his mother 's car windscreen smashed in as a result of the hail storm . The National Weather Service apparently received 170 reports of hail on Tuesday , twenty of which detailed stones at least two inches in diameter . Along with hail , lighting and thunder also hit Arkansas and parts of Mississippi . There have been reports of power outages and traffic delays due to the severe weather . According to The Weather Channel , the storms will move across the Midwest on Thursday with St Louis , Louisville , Memphis , Indianapolis , Little Rock , Oklahoma City and Dallas hit hardest . On Friday the icy blasts are set to drift further South , hitting cities including Jackson and Birmingham . Sweeping front : There have been reports of power outages and traffic delays due to the severe weather . Warning : According to The Weather Channel , the storms will move across the Midwest on Thursday with St Louis , Louisville , Memphis , Indianapolis , Little Rock , Oklahoma City and Dallas hit hardest . Weekend woes : On Friday the icy blasts are set to drift further South , hitting cities including Jackson and Birmingham .
Hail stones the size of plums crashed down over the South and Midwest on Tuesday with residents capturing the freak weather . Along with hail , lighting and thunder also hit Arkansas and parts of Mississippi . According to The Weather Channel , the storms will move across the Midwest on Wednesday with St Louis , Louisville , Memphis , Indianapolis , Little Rock , Oklahoma City and Dallas hit hardest . On Thursday the icy blasts are set to drift south , hitting cities including Memphis , Jackson and Knoxville .