Wild weather and damaging hail storms have swept across south east Queensland, with 7 centimetre hail stones reported throughout the western Darling Downs.

The BOM issued a severe thunderstorm warnings for damaging winds, large hailstones and heavy rainfall for residents of Logan, Ipswich, Sumerset, Scenic Rim, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Brisbane City and Moreton Bay council areas.

At 7:40pm, BOM said severe thunderstorms in the area had temporarily eased, but the redevelopment of storms remained “likely”.

© Provided by ABC NEWS Giant hailstone at Boronia Heights at Logan, south of Brisbane. (Twitter: @itis_michelle)