Power Outages in Yell County, AR
Is there a power outage in Yell County, AR right now? Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Yell County, AR across 1 reported incident.
Yell County, AR is served by 3 tracked utilities. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 14.7 hours.
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- https://massoutage.com/arkansas/yell-county
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- October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Yell County, AR", live data as of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC. https://massoutage.com/arkansas/yell-county
Report an outage in Yell County, AR
Report it to your electric utility; MassOutage can't take reports. For a downed line, stay at least 35 feet away and call 911.
No outage contact on file for Entergy Arkansas LLC, First Electric Coop Corp and Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp; check your electric bill or the utility's website.
100%of this county's ~11,641 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | Live · county | 0 | 11,355 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp | Live · county | 0 | 393 | 0.0% | - | - | - | |
| First Electric Coop Corp | Live · county | 1 | 17 | 5.9% | - | - | - |
Entergy Arkansas LLC, Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp and First Electric Coop Corp reportevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Yell 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72834 | 173 | 18 | 152 | ≤11 |
| 72833 | 62 | ≤11 | 49 | 0 |
| 72853 | 48 | ≤11 | 44 | 0 |
| 72857 | 30 | ≤11 | 29 | 0 |
| 72842 | 30 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 72824 | 25 | ≤11 | 23 | ≤11 |
| 72860 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 0 |
| 72838 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 |
| 72827 | ≤11 | ≤11 | ≤11 | 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 Yell County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Yell County right now.
Yell County has been under 16 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Special Weather Statement on October 14, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×10
- Special Weather Statement ×6
Latest Yell County, AR outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 3h 55m
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 190 customers out (1.6% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Yell County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Live outage counts are tracked at the county level; a city-by-city split within Yell Countyisn't available yet.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Yell County went about 14.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,862 customers.
The US EIA reports Arkansas utilities averaged 7.9 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 14.7 hrs.
Worst year here was 2017 (peak 6,153 customers out) · decade average 14.6 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 434 | 5,286 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | 480 | 5,664 | 9.9 |
| 2017 | 426 | 6,153 | 29.0 |
| 2018 | 434 | 2,905 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 393 | 3,336 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 470 | 2,269 | 10.9 |
| 2021 | 583 | 2,579 | 9.5 |
| 2022 | 610 | 2,976 | 13.2 |
| 2023 | 506 | 4,125 | 20.1 |
| 2024 | 528 | 6,862 | 23.0 |
| 2025 | 589 | 3,318 | 14.7 |
Cost of power in Yell County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Yell 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.
- Entergy Arkansas LLC13.4¢612,254 cust
- First Electric Coop Corp12.9¢96,685 cust
- Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp14.1¢55,000 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. What that adds up to each month, by state and utility: average electric bill.
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 14.6 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively high: outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Yell County: FAQ
- How often does Yell County, AR lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Yell County, AR logged 589 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 14.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Yell County, AR?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,862 customers without power, beginning August 18, 2024 and lasting about 3d 5h.
- Is there a power outage in Yell County, AR right now?
- Yes. As of October 19, 2026 14:56 UTC, about 1 customers are without power in Yell County, AR across 1 reported incident.
- Which utilities serve Yell County, AR?
- Tracked electric providers include Entergy Arkansas LLC, First Electric Coop Corp.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Yell County.
72824, 72827, 72828, 72829, 72833, 72834, 72838, 72842, 72853, 72857, 72860
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported. Territory is filed by county, so these are the utilities with lines anywhere in Yell County, not the one at a given address. All electric companies in Arkansas →
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Arkansas LLC | 8.6 hrs | Live · county | - |
| First Electric Coop Corp | 10.8 hrs | Live · county | - |
| Arkansas Valley Elec Coop Corp | 5.2 hrs | Live · county | - |
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 Arkansas customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/05149 and /api/v1/counties/05149/history. Live data as of .