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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA
302 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025
CAZ314-316-332>334-262230-
BAKERSFIELD CA-PIUTE WALKER BASIN CA-KERN RIVER VALLEY CA-
SOUTH END SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-TEHACHAPI CA-
302 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KERN COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM PDT...
AT 301 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LAMONT, OR 10 MILES EAST OF BAKERSFIELD, MOVING EAST 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...
EDISON 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 3525 11888 3538 11894 3548 11867 3529 11858
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 253DEG 12KT 3532 11884
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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