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Milder weather should be back in Billings on Monday after damaging hail broke car windshields, shredded siding and pulverized trees across the region.

Winds topped out at 59 mph, and across the Billings area reports of hail ranging from the size of golf balls to the size of baseballs poured in, according to Sean Campbell, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, in Billings.

The last time Billings got hail the size of baseballs was during the Father's Day storm on June 20, 2010, near Buffalo Trail Road, just south of Molt Road.

Funnel clouds were reported in Park and Carter counties, he said. A spotter near Belle Creek, in Powder River County, saw a tornado touch down.

The storm dropped .36 inches of rain between 5:09 p.m. and 5:38 p.m.

While almost a half an inch of rain fell in about 30 minutes, rainfall wasn't the most notable part of Sunday's storm.

"Typically, we don't see thunderstorms start out as hail and continue as hail for the entire duration," Campbell said. "It was mainly a hailstorm, really."

Luckily, the severe weather is not expected to continue.