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Hail storm takes many by surprise

Hail storm takes many by surprise
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Pea to quarter sized hail fell across Kern County.

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued around 7:30 p.m. Sunday night.

Extremely uncommon for the Valley to see hail this size.

Temperatures dropped by almost 10 degrees once the storm passed.

PG&E reported just before 10 p.m. that 20 different outages in Bakersfield left nearly 2,000 customers without power.

PG&E updated that number around 10:45 p.m. from 20 outages to 23, but the number of people dropped just under 1,400 affected customers.

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Tuesday

03/10/2026

Mostly Sunny

77° / 50°

0%

Wednesday

03/11/2026

Sunny

77° / 51°

6%

Thursday

03/12/2026

Sunny

82° / 54°

4%

Friday

03/13/2026

Partly Cloudy

82° / 56°

4%

Saturday

03/14/2026

Partly Cloudy

82° / 55°

4%

Sunday

03/15/2026

Mostly Sunny

84° / 57°

3%

Monday

03/16/2026

Mostly Sunny

90° / 61°

3%

Tuesday

03/17/2026

Sunny

95° / 62°

0%