Power Outages in Howard County, AR
No live outage feed is available for Howard County, AR yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 15.7 hours.
Howard County, AR is served by local tracked utilities.
Howard 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 Howard County right now.
Howard County has been under 9 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Special Weather Statement ×6
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Flood Advisory ×1
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Howard County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Howard County went about 15.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,411 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 3,615 customers out) · decade average 8.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 168 | 2,137 | 13.6 |
| 2016 | 143 | 1,476 | 3.5 |
| 2017 | 7 | 51 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 11 | 33 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 182 | 740 | 2.8 |
| 2021 | 332 | 2,227 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 418 | 2,993 | 7.5 |
| 2023 | 434 | 3,615 | 21.5 |
| 2024 | 451 | 2,999 | 9.4 |
| 2025 | 475 | 4,411 | 15.7 |
Very High ice storms exposure · 8.0 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 Howard County: FAQ
- How often does Howard County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Howard County, AR logged 475 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 15.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Howard County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,411 customers without power, beginning April 30, 2025 and lasting about 1d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Howard County, AR right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Howard County, AR. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Howard County.
71831, 71833, 71851, 71852, 71971
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05061 and /api/v1/counties/05061/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Arkansas customers).