A rapidly moving storm cell has dumped hail on Sydney and heavy rain up and down the NSW coast.
Multiple storm fronts converged on the Hunter Valley, Wollongong and Sydney on Thursday afternoon prompting a severe weather warning from the Bureau of Meteorology.
Grafton, Newcastle, Gosford, Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Batemans Bay, Tamworth and Moree were all in the firing line.
Tennis ball-sized hail smashed homes and cars in Sydney's west while smaller, golf ball-sized stones battered the city's inner suburbs an hour later at 6pm.
Social media was awash with photos of hailstones bigger than human palms on the city's fringes and videos which showed crowds huddled under awnings as city roads were covered by ice.
The storms are expected to continue moving east over the next few hours.
Australian Associated Press
