698  
WWUS86 KHNX 262113  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
213 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ309-313-314-316-262145-  
BUENA VISTA CA-BUTTONWILLOW - LOST HILLS - I5 CA-BAKERSFIELD CA-  
SOUTH END SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-  
213 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KERN COUNTY THROUGH 245  
PM PDT...  
 
AT 213 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
TUPMAN, OR 15 MILES WEST OF BAKERSFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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...  
BAKERSFIELD, TUPMAN, AND ROSEDALE.  
 
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 3517 11926 3529 11936 3543 11907 3529 11898  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 237DEG 11KT 3527 11927  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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