<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Isolated pockets of hail storms have unleashed snow-like conditions over a string of towns in Queensland's south-east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist Baden Gilbert said the town of Toogoolawah, 120 kilometres north-west of Brisbane, was belted by an unusual afternoon arctic blast yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If you were under one of those storms with hail in it, you probably would have noticed the temperature drop quite a bit, very locally around you as that storm went through," Gilbert said.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/david-stratton-dies-aged-85/460b34d9-1010-4a44-91e6-71cd8551d049" target="_blank"><strong><span>Beloved film critic David Stratton dies aged 85</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The suburb of Lacey's Creek near Dayboro was also peppered with hailstones that blanketed Emma Henderson's backyard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It went for about 40 minutes and it was just like the storm was sitting above us," Henderson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gilbert said the event was driven by an upper trough which covered a broad area of south-eastern Queensland.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/hail-storms-unleash-snowlike-conditions-in-queensland/27d5688a-4ab6-4f7f-9af5-a35eb06dc800" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"But the storms and showers that are driving that hail are quite isolated in nature so it can be quite hit and miss," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 150 kilometres west in Crows Nest, residents were building snowmen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>