1. Last night, there was a really bad storm with humongous hail in Texas and Oklahoma.
2. The hailstones were so big that they're calling it "gorilla" hail.
@darin_deveauWX @ChasinSpin gorilla hail from friends in San Antonio 🦍 🧊
3. It was huge:
4. And it was terrifying:
THIS is the hail I was talking about (photo taken by my colleague in Hondo). Thunder is pretty constant right now. Wind picking up.
5. These stones did some serious damage:
Just a bit of hail damage
6. The hail was big enough to burst through this person's ceiling:
One of many giant hail stones that came through the roof of my friend’s house this evening in Sabinal, Texas. @NWSSanAntonio @IanShelton1997 @TxStormChasers @Justin_Horne @ReedTimmerAccu #eWXspotter
7. It wrecked this person's window:
Our Norman rental got absolutely destroyed.
8. And cars across the state were destroyed:
Car damage from the hail storm sent to me by one of my coworkers at Pub W in Norman. Most of the cars in the parking lot have similar damage @themahler @weatherchannel @StormHour @NWSNorman #okwx
9. They didn't stand a chance:
The Longoria Family shared this photo of the hail damage in Acuna 😳 #kens5eyewitness @KENS5 @BillTaylorKENS5
10. People in Texas were taking pictures of the hail in the palms of their hands:
Near Hondo, Texas from last night
11. They were comparing the size of the hail next to cinnamon buns...
@JulieFoudy look at the size of this hail that fell in North Texas last night. Thank goodness the person had a non-donut cinnamon roll on hand for comparison. @catosterman would agree.
12. ...and tennis balls:
About 3” sized hail in North Fort Worth tonight.
13. The hail was larger than an apple:
14. The size of softballs:
Hail out of Hondo earlier (west of San Antonio) #txwx
15. Seriously:
@ksatnews Hondo Texas Hail! @ksatweather
16. Here's what it looked like in motion:
West side of Norman Oklahoma Wednesday night
17. No, this is not a snowstorm, it's tennis-ball-sized hail:
#kens5eyewitness Karen Mann captured this video of hail coming down strong in Bracketville earlier this evening. THE LATEST on Wednesday night's storms: https://t.co/C5JhQvG7Z2
18. People were finding hailstones in their living rooms:
LeAnne in Norman is one of several cleaning up & assessing damage after last night’s hailstorm. She found this huge chuck of hail inside her home. #okwx @OKCFOX
19. Car dealerships were completely wrecked:
Nearly every car at Fowler Honda Dealership has some form of damage after hail pummeled the Norman area last night.
20. The hail even broke through these skylights at a Walmart:
Walmart in Norman off i35 @tornadopayne @NEWS9
21. This is what the cars in that Walmart parking lot looked like:
Incredible vehicle damage in Norman. Talked with a Walmart employee who showed me a video of all 200 skylights breaking and hail falling into the store. The skylights are TWO layers of plexiglass. #okwx
22. People in Texas were waking up to things with giant holes in them:
Many residents of the Westhouse Apartments near Keller have already spoken with insurance companies. Many forced to get rental car or find a ride to work. Massive hail pummeled the complex parking lot. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF
23. Their garages were covered in dents:
Hail damage on our garage door. I’m afraid to see our roof tomorrow 😭 @TxStormChasers @wfaaweather
24. And for those who got caught in it, they have a good story about how they survived:
@KHOUBlake11 My boyfriend was caught in a hail storm in Norman, Oklahoma tonight. Is this system part of the storms hitting San Antonio and heading here tomorrow?
25. It's hail season in the South:
Big storm last night. This is friend from Lytle, Tx. Incredible hail. Lots of damage!
26. Hopefully everyone can prepare better for it next time:
my parents are so extra with their cars lmao