We had an extremely intense hail storm yesterday evening. The hail was not large, only about 3/8" in diameter, but it was so intense that we could not see out the windows. It only lasted a minute, two at the most. The ground was completely covered when it ended. I have never in my life seen hail come down with that intensity.
This morning we woke up to find that tons of tiny branches had been stripped from the trees and the driveway, walkway and the lawn area were littered with them. I told my wife that if the trees had leafed out that there would more than likely have been none left. They would have all been stripped off.