At approximately 6:30 pm, five electricity towers were blown over near Harlin, at the top of the Brisbane valley by a thunderstorm gust. A Shell service station nearby was unroofed, and several other buildings damaged. A large number of thick branches were broken from numerous trees. Several large trees were blown completely over. In the hour before the damage, the storm was moving towards the NNE at 26 knots. Hail to 2cm in size was reported from Toogoolawah