A Queensland small business owner hospitalised with concussion after she "copped hailstones to the back of the head" at a community market has described the experience as "terrifying".

Terri-Ann Barnett was selling her goods at a school fair at Esk, in the Somerset region, on Saturday afternoon when a severe storm swept through earlier than organisers expected.

"The hailstones were big enough that they tore through all of the canopies, smashed all the cars and flipped tables," she said. "A lot of us were getting pummelled by the stones.

" It shocked us. It was terrifying. We've not experienced anything like that before. "

Ms Barnett was taken to Ipswich Hospital where she was assessed before being sent home to rest.

"I copped a couple of nice stones to the back of the head," she sai

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