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Hail the size of baseballs hammers Saskatchewan

It's been a summer of big hailstones in Saskatchewan, but last night people were reporting the biggest ones yet.

Some car windows smashed around the province

People in Outlook, Stewart Valley and other Saskatchewan communities were tweeting out photos of softball-sized hailstones from Tuesday's storm. (Twitter)

It's been a summer of big hailstones in Saskatchewan, but last night people were reporting the biggest ones yet.

Photos of hail the size of baseballs were circulating on social media from places like Strongfield and Stewart Valley, but there were plenty of tennis-ball-sized hailstones, too.

Ryan Wunsch posted this photo of tennis-ball-sized hail about 13 kilometres south of Tompkins, Sask., just after 5 p.m. CST on Tuesday.

Here's Environment Canada's roundup of hail in Saskatchewan from July 19, 2016:

  • Herschel: golf ball size
  • Carmichael: golf ball size
  • Tompkins area: tennis ball size
  • Bounty: golf ball size
  • Outlook: tennis ball size to softball size
  • Stewart Valley: baseball size
  • Broderick: Loonie size
  • Strongfield: baseball size

The hail came out the same system of thunderstorms that generated funnel clouds spotted near Davidson and Girvin.

It's expected that insurance agents will be busy today. Reports of storm damage, including smashed windshields, have been trickling in.

Wild weather photos wanted

Have any photos from the storm you'd like to pass along to CBC? Send your submissions to saskphotos@cbc.ca.