Power Outages in Hempstead County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Hempstead County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.5 hours.
Hempstead County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Hempstead 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 Hempstead County right now.
Hempstead County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×3
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Hempstead County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Hempstead County went about 12.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 2,752 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 2,010 customers out) · decade average 8.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 228 | 2,274 | 10.2 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,048 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 205 | 1,050 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 285 | 1,243 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 271 | 1,241 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 357 | 2,010 | 16.0 |
| 2021 | 353 | 1,418 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 454 | 1,748 | 7.1 |
| 2023 | 430 | 2,752 | 15.1 |
| 2024 | 406 | 1,425 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 450 | 2,210 | 12.5 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 8.4 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 Hempstead County: FAQ
- How often does Hempstead County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Hempstead County, AR logged 450 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Hempstead County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 2,752 customers without power, beginning February 1, 2023 and lasting about 3d 19h.
- Is there a power outage in Hempstead County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Hempstead County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Hempstead County.
71801, 71825, 71838, 71847, 71855, 71859, 71862
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05057 and /api/v1/counties/05057/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).