Power Outages in Barbour County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Barbour County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.2 hours.
Barbour County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Barbour County's utilities do not report live data to ODIN, so real-time outage counts aren't available here. The historical record below is complete.
No active NWS alerts for Barbour County right now.
Barbour County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Barbour County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Barbour County went about 3.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 5,515 customers.
Worst year here was 2018 (peak 5,515 customers out) · decade average 5.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 112 | 1,109 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 647 | 5,515 | 12.3 |
| 2019 | 678 | 3,386 | 4.3 |
| 2020 | 683 | 3,590 | 11.1 |
| 2021 | 663 | 1,488 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 651 | 1,681 | 5.2 |
| 2023 | 674 | 2,949 | 5.7 |
| 2024 | 652 | 2,651 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 666 | 1,592 | 3.2 |
Relatively Moderate tornadoes exposure · 5.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability very high — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Barbour County: FAQ
- How often does Barbour County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Barbour County, AL logged 666 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Barbour County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 5,515 customers without power, beginning October 10, 2018 and lasting about 3d 10h.
- Is there a power outage in Barbour County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Barbour County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Barbour County.
36016, 36017, 36027, 36048, 36053
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01005 and /api/v1/counties/01005/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).