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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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Wednesday

03/04/2026

Mostly Sunny

69° / 44°

1%

Thursday

03/05/2026

Sunny

65° / 42°

8%

Friday

03/06/2026

Sunny

69° / 43°

2%

Saturday

03/07/2026

Sunny

74° / 47°

2%

Sunday

03/08/2026

Sunny

78° / 51°

0%

Monday

03/09/2026

Sunny

81° / 52°

1%

Tuesday

03/10/2026

Mostly Sunny

76° / 49°

3%

Wednesday

03/11/2026

Sunny

76° / 50°

3%