The radar failure meant a warning was not issued until almost half an hour after the first hail strike. There were no weather bureau warnings before the storms hit Darra about 5.30pm and Indooroopilly 15 minutes later.
At 5.50pm, as drivers battled peak-hour traffic in the deluge, the bureau website showed heavy storms but no hail warnings. It was 5.58pm before any warning appeared. Mr Gunn said initial reports of storms did not indicate the extent of them. He said a hailstorm in late May was "very unseasonal".
Motorcyclist Carl Davis, 31, of Camira, expected bruises today from the hail.
"I left home and knew it was going to storm but I didn't know it was going to be this bad," he said. "I was stuck behind a truck trying to get shelter then I rode up underneath a bridge."
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