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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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Monday

01/12/2026

Sunny

61° / 39°

2%

Tuesday

01/13/2026

Partly Cloudy

61° / 40°

7%

Wednesday

01/14/2026

Partly Cloudy

62° / 40°

13%

Thursday

01/15/2026

Sunny

65° / 42°

4%

Friday

01/16/2026

Sunny

62° / 42°

4%

Saturday

01/17/2026

Partly Cloudy

61° / 42°

3%

Sunday

01/18/2026

Partly Cloudy

60° / 42°

4%

Monday

01/19/2026

Partly Cloudy

63° / 43°

4%