Power Outages in McCracken County, KY
No live outage feed is available for McCracken County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.6 hours.
McCracken County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
McCracken 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.
- Extreme Heat WarningSEVERE
McCracken County has been under 98 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Extreme Heat Warning on September 2, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×29
- Extreme Heat Warning ×23
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×14
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×12
- Special Weather Statement ×8
- Flood Watch ×4
Hardest-hit cities in McCracken County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in McCracken County went about 3.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 9,954 customers.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 9,954 customers out) · decade average 1.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | 409 | 0.0 |
| 2016 | 22 | 94 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 88 | 897 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 549 | 5,979 | 3.2 |
| 2019 | 564 | 6,408 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 854 | 6,420 | 1.9 |
| 2021 | 805 | 9,743 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 784 | 2,673 | 1.8 |
| 2023 | 812 | 6,016 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 933 | 4,132 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 926 | 9,954 | 3.6 |
Relatively High ice storms exposure · 1.9 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in McCracken County: FAQ
- How often does McCracken County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, McCracken County, KY logged 926 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in McCracken County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 9,954 customers without power, beginning December 23, 2025 and lasting about 3h 30m.
- Is there a power outage in McCracken County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for McCracken County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within McCracken County.
42001, 42003, 42086
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21145 and /api/v1/counties/21145/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).