664  
WWUS86 KHNX 262228  
SPSHNX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA  
328 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
CAZ315-321-322-332-333-262300-  
SOUTHEAST SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CA-SOUTH END OF THE LOWER SIERRA CA-  
SOUTH END SIERRA FOOTHILLS CA-PIUTE WALKER BASIN CA-  
KERN RIVER VALLEY CA-  
328 PM PDT SAT APR 26 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN KERN COUNTY THROUGH 400  
PM PDT...  
 
AT 328 PM PDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14  
MILES NORTHEAST OF BAKERSFIELD, MOVING EAST 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...  
DEMOCRAT.  
 
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 3547 11890 3556 11893 3569 11868 3548 11861  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 253DEG 10KT 3551 11885  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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