In 22 minutes, around 14 millimetres of rain was dumped on the city, as measured at Griffith Airport.

However, there are reports of up to 25 millimetres in Griffith.

In Darlington Point, John Chauncy witnessed hailstones bigger than golf balls falling.

“I’ve never seen anything like it, they were bigger than golf balls,” Mr Chauncy said.

Meanwhile, at Lake Wyangan lightning struck pine trees on Angelo Macedone’s property, with debris strewn up to 80 metres away.

“One tree was blown out of the ground and a second was chopped in half,” Mr Macedone said.

“One month into summer and at night you’ve got to pull the blankets up,” he said.

Meanwhile, both Wagga Wagga and Albury were struck by flash flooding and motorists on the Hume Highway had to be winched to safety after flooding trapped cars and trucks.