Fist size hail and about 15,000 lightning strikes a night in Flanders (Belgium)

[domi]

A pretty bad storm went over Flanders the night of Monday (5/25) into Tuesday (5/26) with some major hail pounding down and about 15,000 lightning strikes.
I don't think I've ever seen any hail that large when growing up.

Hail:

Damage of hail bombardment:

 

[Tigersoap]

I woke up at around 3 o'clock (I think) and I saw the lightning constantly pulsing behind the curtains but no sound, at all.
Obviously other people got the worse of it.
I don't think the hails ever were that big either.

 

[mkrnhr]

What's their average size? They look like 8 to 10 cm in diameter no?

 

[Tigersoap]

What's their average size? They look like 8 to 10 cm in diameter no?

The local press says they were around 5cm large but from what I've seen on tv they looked much bigger indeed.
FYI.

 

[truth seeker]

Hey Domi,

My boyfriend told me about this when he got back home. I'm currently in Antwerp and didn't see anything. I was wondering if the weather so far last month is usual for Belgium this time of year? Thanks