442  
WWUS86 KHNX 262049  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
149 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ309-313-314-262115-  
BUENA VISTA CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-BAKERSFIELD CA-  
149 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KERN COUNTY THROUGH 215  
PM PDT...  
 
AT 148 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
DUSTIN ACRES, OR 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAKERSFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST  
AT 10 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
DUSTIN ACRES, VALLEY ACRES, TUPMAN, ROSEDALE, AND BAKERSFIELD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3515 11936 3524 11947 3542 11931 3529 11914  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 221DEG 10KT 3522 11937  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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