Golf ball-sized hail that started in western North Dakota on Tuesday afternoon pounded more of the state by Tuesday night and ping-pong ball-sized and smaller hailstones from Mott to McLean County and points east.

"It just missed us, south of town. It went east along Interstate 94 all the way to Jamestown," Janine Vining, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Bismarck, said Wednesday.

By the time the severe weather had settled down, golf ball-sized hail had hit areas around Hirschville in Dunn County, around the Golden Valley area in Mercer County, in Hettinger County, the Almont area in Morton County, around Selfridge in Sioux County, the Coleharbor and Max areas in McLean County.

Damage reports trickled in Wednesday.

"The eastern part of the county got pretty bad hail. I haven't heard how serious," Hettinger County extension agent Dwain Barondeau said Wednesday. "I'm sure there is extensive crop damage in the eastern part of the state."

Sterling and Turtle Lake were among cities hit by smaller sized hailstones. And 65 mph winds blew in Richardton, while 60 mph winds were reported in Dickinson, southeast of Manning in Dunn County, in Montpelier in Stutsman County and northeast of Edgeley in LaMoure County. The reports, all made to the National Weather Service in Bismarck, came from trained spotters, law enforcement and the public.

"I talked to a lady this morning who said it hailed on her place, 10 miles north of Dickinson. There's a young lady with me now who has relatives in Mott. And they said hail there knocked out windows on homes," said Kurt Froelich, Stark County agent. "To the north, the way it sounds is heavier damage."

Hail falling for five to 10 minutes west of Almont in Morton County left hailstones standing 5 inches deep and damaged siding on at least one house, Vining reported.

Hailstones estimated to be .75 inches fell at Gladstone in Stark County and snarled traffic on I-94, Vining reported.

A break in severe weather was in the forecast for Wednesday, but the chance for more severe weather is better today, Vining said.

"We need a good crop and welcome rain. We don't like the ice, but sometimes you take the bad with the good," Barondeau said.