A severe thunderstorm hit Gympie and produced golf ball size hail causing property damage in the area. Crops in some areas were completely destroyed. This was the same cell that produced Tennis ball size hail at Bauple north of Gympie. Hail the size of tennis balls caused damage to property, ripping holes in roofs and smashing car windows, and destroyed crops. This was actually the first of two thunderstorms passing over the area in the afternoon. The second storm produced up to golf ball size hail. A second hail storm to pass over Bauple in the same afternoon. The first storm produced tennis ball size hail, but the hail associated with the second storm was only up to golf ball in size