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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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Precip

Monday

01/19/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

63° / 42°

2%

Tuesday

01/20/2026

Partly Cloudy

64° / 45°

11%

Wednesday

01/21/2026

Cloudy

62° / 48°

5%

Thursday

01/22/2026

Partly Cloudy

62° / 45°

9%

Friday

01/23/2026

Sunny

63° / 45°

6%

Saturday

01/24/2026

Partly Cloudy

61° / 43°

7%

Sunday

01/25/2026

Mostly Sunny

64° / 43°

2%

Monday

01/26/2026

Partly Cloudy

64° / 43°

2%