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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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Weather

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Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Sunday

05/03/2026

Partly Cloudy

78° / 55°

0%

Monday

05/04/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

71° / 53°

2%

Tuesday

05/05/2026

AM Showers

68° / 55°

57%

Wednesday

05/06/2026

Sunny

81° / 59°

3%

Thursday

05/07/2026

Sunny

90° / 63°

1%

Friday

05/08/2026

Sunny

91° / 62°

2%

Saturday

05/09/2026

Sunny

93° / 66°

1%

Sunday

05/10/2026

Sunny

101° / 70°

0%