"Most of the buildings coped and we checked the main street to make sure water did not get in to the buildings."
A few kilometres north of Waipukurau near Kaimotu Road a drain had become blocked, which caused surface flooding across state highway two.
Mr Walker said they were unable to fix the blocked drain yesterday as it was too dangerous but it had receded by the time they left at 7pm.
"We did not close the road just put it down to one lane and the traffic were very vigilant during our management."
Te Hauke was also subject to flooding and volunteers from Waipukurau and Waipawa were helping farmers clean out the blocked drains.
Professionals Real Estate sales manager Dianne Ogilvie said there was so much moisture in the building she could not leave it with doors closed.
"My husband is at the office at the moment being a security guard," she said earlier yesterday.
"If we shut the doors it drips everywhere with the condensation."
Mrs Harding said the storm came at the same time as on Sunday but this time they got 27.8ml of rain in just 20 minutes compared to 10ml Sunday.
She said it was very loud with a lot of thunder and lightening, similar to the storm just 24 hours earlier.
"I do not know whether it is an old wives tail to count between the thunder and lightening to see how far away the storm is but when we tried we could not count any numbers at the height of it. It was extremely intense."
Mrs Harding did not have any hail at her property this time but said her friends who lived under one kilometre up the road had their whole lawn covered.
"They told us that there lawn had been painted white."
MetService meteorologist, Tom Adams said there was widespread convection across the North Island yesterday, which would have caused the thunder and hail.
"It is pretty unsettled and the rain is more localised, which means smaller areas could be hit with 25mls in an hour."
Mr Adams said it was no way near as convective today so the chance of another storm was very low.
"A westerly is expected from late Tuesday and it is looking like Hawke's Bay should remain dry compared to other parts of the country."
He said there would still be rain about but more of a patchwork style rain and temperatures would remain in the high teens and early twenties.
"This is your classic spring weather, the easterlies experienced last week is not typical for this time of year."
He said the region could expect up and down weather over the next few days, as everything is "very unsettled".
