LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville and southern Indiana experienced storms and severe weather early Tuesday morning, with some areas seeing baseball-sized hail.
People in both Louisville and southern Indiana witnessed the hail. Viewers in Elizabeth, Corydon, Lanesville and New Middletown -- all in southern Indiana -- reported hail at about 4 a.m.
IMAGES | Tuesday morning storms produce baseball-sized hail
This image dated May 9, 2023, shows hail the size of a baseball that fell in Corydon, Ind. (Image courtesy Carl Saulman)
This image shows hail nearly the size of a baseball that broke the windshield on a car in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023, in Corydon, Ind. (Image courtesy The McKim Family)
This image shows hail nearly the size of a baseball that broke the windshield on a car in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023, in Corydon, Ind. (Image courtesy The McKim Family)
This image dated May 9, 2023, shows hail the size of a baseball that fell in Corydon, Ind. (Image courtesy Paula Jo Saulman)
Image courtesy: Scotty Mikesell via the WDRB weather app.
Pictured: large hail measuring 3 inches in diameter in a freezer near a ruler and golf ball that fell on Fogel Road in Louisville, Ky., in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy Dale Harpe)
Pictured: large hail that fell near Caesars Casino in Indiana. (Image courtesy: Scotty Mikesell via the WDRB Weather App)
This image shows hail nearly the size of a baseball that fell in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023, in Corydon, Ind. (Image courtesy The McKim Family)
Pictured: hail that fell in Louisville's Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood on May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy: Mark H via the WDRB Weather App).
Pictured: Hail in Shively near Crums Lane. (Image courtesy: Rob McCreary via the WDRB Weather App)
Pictured: marble-sized hail that fell in Pleasure Ridge Park on May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy: Norman Jarzomkowski via the WDRB Weather App)
Pictured: hail near a quarter in the Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood. (Image courtesy: Bob Snyder via the WDRB Weather App)
This image shows hail on the ground off Rockford Lane in Louisville, Ky. (Image courtesy: Patricia Cole via the WDRB Weather App)
Pictured: large hail that fell near Caesars Southern Indiana in Elizabeth, Ind., in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy Debbie Summers)
Pictured: large hail that fell in Corydon, Ind., in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy: Kathy Whitaker via the WDRB Weather App)
Pictured: large hail that fell in Corydon, Ind., in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy: Kathy Whitaker via the WDRB Weather App)
Pictured: large hail that fell in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023, in the Shively area. (Image courtesy: Kathy Whitaker via the WDRB Weather App)
Large hail that "sounded like rocks hitting my house" in Louisville's Beechmont neighborhood. Image courtesy Angela Anderson via the WDRB Weather App)
This image shows pellet sized hail on the ground near Goldsmith Lane in Louisville, Ky., on May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy Makenzey Veazey)
Pictured: a large piece of hail that fell near the fire station in the Beechmont neighborhood of Louisville, Ky., on May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy Trent Arnold)
"It's softball size because it's as big as my hand," said Roger Sloan as he pointed the a massive hole in the siding of his home between Corydon and New Middletown.
Sloan and his wife spent Tuesday picking up the mess and assessing the damage caused to their home, vehicles and buildings.
"Those big ice balls hitting at such a force to do that kind of damage... even the vents on the roof up there, it beat them like somebody hit them with a baseball bat," Sloan said.
The hail blew through the seat of this plastic chair at Roger Sloan's home outside of Corydon, Indiana.
When the chaos had stopped, the daylight met the Sloans with all of the damage left behind. Roger said the hail was still present on the ground, which made it difficult to walk.
However, they are grateful that everything can be fixed or replaced.
"No loss of life, no limbs, nothing like that," Sloan said. "Just damage to the vehicles and house."
There were also reports of hail in Pleasure Ridge Park, Shively and Jeffersontown.
Many viewers woke up and found themselves assessing the damage. The McKim family in Corydon, Indiana, sent us an image of a car windshield that was showing cracks in several places due to hail that appeared to be the size of baseballs.
Dale Harpe, of Louisville, sent us a picture of a ball of hail that appeared to span three inches.
Pictured: large hail measuring 3 inches in diameter in a freezer near a ruler and golf ball that fell on Fogel Road in Louisville, Ky., in the early morning hours of May 9, 2023. (Image courtesy Dale Harpe)
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