A severe Thunderstorm developed over the Mt Tamborine area and moved to the southeast over the northern end of the Gold Coast. Golf Ball size hail caused extensive damage to cars, houses and gardens. Every car parked in the Movie World car park suffered hail damage. The theme park also suffered extensive damage to lighting and to trees that were heavily stripped of leaves. Several car yards suffered extensive damage to open air stock. Most of the damage to houses was due to skylights being smashed