Wednesday night's hailstorm impacted most of Northeast Ohio, including Solon, where multiple police cruisers and other residents' vehicles were damaged.
"It started like any storm. Kind of saw like a pretty large cloud coming in. It started like a typical thunderstorm. We heard the rumbling. I was actually arriving from one assignment and going home for the day and decided to sit tight and that's when the hail started and I realized I wouldn't be able to run into the building for, the safer bet is to get out of the weather before it happens and I realized that wasn't going to happen and it was the largest hail I've seen in my 49 years," Lt. William Vajdich said.
According to the department, 19 of the 30 cruisers sustained hail damage.
The cruisers are still drivable, the department says.
It is unknown how much it will cost the department to fix the damage.
Vajdich said no one was injured.
The Solon Police Department wasn't the only one that experienced damage from the hail.
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Residents dealing with aftermath
One resident, Jennifer Varanese, was driving home when she said the hail started falling. She described the sound as baseballs hitting her car.
“Within a minute or two, small hail started coming down, and then it just progressed into, like, literally bigger than golf balls,” said Varanese.
Before she knew it, her windshield was shattered to the point where she couldn’t see. Her next concern was the sunroof above her. She pulled over and moved to the back of her vehicle, where the sunroof didn’t extend and waited out the storm.
“I was probably in the car panicking for about another five minutes, and then I was probably there for another 10 just to calm down so I could start driving again safely,” Varanese said.
Once it passed, Varanese was shocked by the extent of the damage. From front to back, her car was battered, her windshield nothing but cracks. Her headlight and taillight were shattered, and her gas door was also broken.
“I was astonished that nothing worse happened to me or to anyone else? Quite honestly, I am shocked. I'm sure there's no accidents. I didn't see any accidents. Like, I'm shocked, wow,” said Varanese.
Varanese has contacted her insurance and is waiting to see what to do next.
Fifteen minutes down the road in Solon, there were lots of damaged vehicles.
Jacob Maher posted a video to social media showing the damage to his Tesla's glass roof.
"My entire Tesla roof was so close to shattering all over me," Maher said. "My entire mirror just broke off. At least just the cover part. But my whole windshield is broke."
He told News 5 he was sitting in a fast-food drive-thru line when the storm rolled through.
Maher said he also watched another driver's back window shatter on his way home.
In Bedford, an apartment complex awning blew off, along with downed trees and flooding.
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