Power Outages in Walker County, AL
No live outage feed is available for Walker County, AL yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 18.6 hours.
Walker County, AL is served by local tracked utilities.
Walker 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 Walker County right now.
Walker County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Walker County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Walker County went about 18.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,667 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 9,266 customers out) · decade average 9.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 228 | 796 | 0.6 |
| 2018 | 932 | 4,078 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 1,091 | 6,788 | 9.6 |
| 2020 | 1,043 | 10,667 | 14.2 |
| 2021 | 1,013 | 7,002 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 1,067 | 5,008 | 9.0 |
| 2023 | 1,051 | 10,541 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 1,000 | 3,175 | 7.2 |
| 2025 | 981 | 9,266 | 18.6 |
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 9.5 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 Walker County: FAQ
- How often does Walker County, AL lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Walker County, AL logged 981 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 18.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Walker County, AL?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,667 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 3d 13h.
- Is there a power outage in Walker County, AL right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Walker County, AL. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Walker County.
35063, 35130, 35148, 35501, 35503, 35504, 35550, 35573, 35578, 35579, 35580, 35584, 35587
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/01127 and /api/v1/counties/01127/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Alabama customers).