Power Outages in Lauderdale County, AL
City of Florence - (AL) publishes only a system-wide total, not county figures. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.0 hours.
Lauderdale County, AL is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/alabama/lauderdale-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lauderdale County, AL". https://massoutage.com/alabama/lauderdale-county
City of Florence - (AL) publishes no county-level figures.
0.0%of this county's ~49,779 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
System-wide total only, no county split: City of Florence - (AL).
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Florence - (AL) | Live · total only | not by county | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lauderdale Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (8)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35630 | 390 | 36 | 273 | ≤11 |
| 35633 | 292 | 22 | 203 | ≤11 |
| 35645 | 158 | 13 | 126 | ≤11 |
| 35634 | 152 | ≤11 | 108 | ≤11 |
| 35652 | 138 | ≤11 | 107 | ≤11 |
| 35648 | 60 | ≤11 | 46 | 0 |
| 35677 | 43 | ≤11 | 32 | 0 |
| 35610 | 27 | ≤11 | 20 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Lauderdale County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lauderdale County right now.
Lauderdale County has been under 21 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×7
- Heat Advisory ×6
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- High Wind Watch ×1
Latest Lauderdale County, AL outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 15m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 505 customers out (1.0% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 10m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 751 customers out (1.5% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 1h 20m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 833 customers out (1.6% of the county)
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 2h 25m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 325 customers out
Hardest-hit cities in Lauderdale County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
- Florenceno outage reported
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lauderdale County went about 12.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 26,166 customers.
The US EIA reports Alabama utilities averaged 4.5 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 12.0 hrs.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 26,166 customers out) · decade average 8.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 533 | 5,044 | 2.1 |
| 2018 | 845 | 7,510 | 4.3 |
| 2019 | 791 | 17,436 | 6.1 |
| 2020 | 593 | 9,800 | 4.8 |
| 2021 | 728 | 14,852 | 7.2 |
| 2022 | 779 | 9,862 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 725 | 26,166 | 27.6 |
| 2024 | 807 | 12,668 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 961 | 18,162 | 12.0 |
Cost of power in Lauderdale County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lauderdale County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- City of Florence - (AL)12.4¢41,690 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively High high winds exposure · 8.3 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 Lauderdale County: FAQ
- How often does Lauderdale County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lauderdale County, AL logged 961 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lauderdale County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 26,166 customers without power, beginning March 25, 2023 and lasting about 8d 1h.
- Is there a power outage in Lauderdale County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lauderdale County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lauderdale County, AL?
- Tracked electric providers include City of Florence - (AL).
Florence. Outage counts for these communities are reported at the Lauderdale County level shown above.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lauderdale County.
35610, 35630, 35632, 35633, 35634, 35645, 35648, 35652, 35677
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Florence - (AL) | - | Live · total only | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01077 and /api/v1/counties/01077/history.