Power Outages in Franklin County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Franklin County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.4 hours.
Franklin County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Franklin 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Franklin County has been under 47 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on September 2, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×20
- Heat Advisory ×18
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Extreme Heat Warning ×3
- Dense Fog Advisory ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Franklin County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Franklin County went about 3.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,842 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 4,842 customers out) · decade average 2.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 52 | 48 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 353 | 1,156 | 1.2 |
| 2019 | 408 | 697 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | 391 | 877 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 394 | 4,842 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 424 | 932 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 467 | 2,290 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 487 | 1,389 | 1.8 |
| 2025 | 525 | 2,003 | 3.4 |
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 2.8 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 Franklin County: FAQ
- How often does Franklin County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Franklin County, AL logged 525 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Franklin County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,842 customers without power, beginning February 15, 2021 and lasting about 4d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Franklin County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Franklin County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Franklin County.
35571, 35581, 35582, 35585, 35593, 35653, 35654
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01059 and /api/v1/counties/01059/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).