Dead birds, broken branches and a carpet of white was the result when hail the size of tennis balls hit Rosewood about 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

Photographer Lyle Radford captured images of the damage from the vantage point of Matthew Street after the storm had passed through.

There's reports that more than 250 call outs to the SES have come from Rosewood alone.

One resident who lives in Lanefield Road says the damage was extensive.

"Car windows have been smashed - even the tail lights and the sunroof in one of the cars parked out on the street - everything that wasn't under cover has been damaged," she said.

"We had no warning. First I heard something big hit the roof and before I had finished saying 'what was that?' this huge hail was bucketing down."

She estimated that the first hail storm lasted about ten minutes.

"The noise was like something I've never experienced before."

And a second hailstorm hit the area just over two hours later.

"We didn't have as much hail and it was smaller - only about the size of golf balls a- there's a lot of damage around town."

URGENT ALERT: The Bureau of Meteorology issued the following at 3.30pm" 

People in south-east Queensland are being warned to prepare for more dangerous thunderstorms as a series of storms roll over the region this afternoon and tonight.

A series of Severe and Dangerous thunderstorms are currently impacting the heavily populated communities of south-east Queensland from Wide Bay to the New South Wales border.

There have been reports of hail in excess of 12 centimetres this afternoon, with warning people should expect the area that may see hail in excess of 10 centimetres to spread as more storms roll in. The areas likely to be hit hardest stretching from the border to north of the Sunshine Coast and into communities further inland.

The Bureau is warning the situation is volatile and continuing to change quickly, and for their own safety people should actively monitor the Bureau of Meteorology and Emergency Services for updates and warnings as they will continue to change and be updated as the situation evolves.

Some of these storms are fast-moving and fast-forming, so people should consider whether they need to be outside or on the road at the moment.

The threat for the south-east will continue through this afternoon and into tonight, the Bureau Alert warned.