near Appleton, Wisconsin

Softball-size hail fell just outside Appleton as severe thunderstorms pounded Wisconsin on Tuesday morning.

Russ Smith told the Wisconsin State Journal he was working at a construction site a couple of miles off of Appleton’s north side when hail the size of a softball and baseball fell for a “solid two minutes.“

“It was amazing watching it fall from the sky,” Smith said. “Words can’t describe what it looked like.”