Power Outages in Jefferson County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Jefferson County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.0 hours.
Jefferson County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Jefferson 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 Jefferson County right now.
Jefferson County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Jefferson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Birminghamno active outage
- Hooverno active outage
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jefferson County went about 8.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 52,800 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 39,648 customers out) · decade average 5.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 79 | 8,260 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 157 | 47,818 | 5.9 |
| 2019 | 165 | 19,470 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | 151 | 52,800 | 6.4 |
| 2021 | 117 | 11,254 | 5.3 |
| 2022 | 124 | 32,424 | 5.6 |
| 2023 | 157 | 25,348 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 147 | 17,662 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 184 | 39,648 | 8.0 |
Very High tornadoes exposure · 5.0 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Jefferson County: FAQ
- How often does Jefferson County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jefferson County, AL logged 184 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jefferson County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 52,800 customers without power, beginning January 11, 2020 and lasting about 6d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Jefferson County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jefferson County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Birmingham, Hoover. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Jefferson County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jefferson County (showing 40 of 54).
35005, 35006, 35020, 35022, 35023, 35036, 35060, 35061, 35062, 35064, 35068, 35071, 35073, 35091, 35094, 35111, 35116, 35117, 35118, 35119, 35126, 35127, 35173, 35180, 35181, 35203, 35204, 35205, 35206, 35207, 35208, 35209, 35210, 35211, 35212, 35213, 35214, 35215, 35216, 35217
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01073 and /api/v1/counties/01073/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).