Power Outages in Shelby County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Shelby County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.7 hours.
Shelby County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Shelby 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 Shelby County right now.
Shelby County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Shelby County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Shelby County went about 4.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 59,216 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 59,216 customers out) · decade average 6.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 183 | 21,210 | 2.6 |
| 2018 | 533 | 17,930 | 5.0 |
| 2019 | 662 | 5,351 | 2.9 |
| 2020 | 709 | 59,216 | 22.9 |
| 2021 | 632 | 16,621 | 5.7 |
| 2022 | 727 | 6,479 | 3.6 |
| 2023 | 745 | 7,157 | 3.2 |
| 2024 | 743 | 39,965 | 6.6 |
| 2025 | 769 | 10,011 | 4.7 |
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 6.3 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
Power outages in Shelby County: FAQ
- How often does Shelby County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Shelby County, AL logged 769 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Shelby County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 59,216 customers without power, beginning October 29, 2020 and lasting about 7d 3h.
- Is there a power outage in Shelby County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Shelby County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Shelby County.
35007, 35040, 35043, 35051, 35078, 35080, 35114, 35115, 35124, 35143, 35147, 35176, 35178, 35185, 35186, 35242, 35244
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01117 and /api/v1/counties/01117/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).