Power Outages in McCreary County, KY
No live outage feed is available for McCreary County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 12.7 hours.
McCreary County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
McCreary 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.
- Special Weather StatementMODERATE
McCreary County has been under 17 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×7
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×5
Hardest-hit cities in McCreary County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in McCreary County went about 12.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,829 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,336 customers out) · decade average 8.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 97 | 758 | 0.7 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,929 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 90 | 356 | 0.3 |
| 2018 | 91 | 994 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 545 | 2,612 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | 330 | 7,829 | 10.6 |
| 2021 | 366 | 5,336 | 24.4 |
| 2022 | 414 | 2,561 | 6.7 |
| 2023 | 411 | 3,783 | 16.9 |
| 2024 | 470 | 3,129 | 12.5 |
| 2025 | 460 | 2,820 | 12.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds 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 McCreary County: FAQ
- How often does McCreary County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, McCreary County, KY logged 460 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 12.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in McCreary County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,829 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 3d 18h.
- Is there a power outage in McCreary County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for McCreary County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within McCreary County.
42631, 42634, 42635, 42638, 42647, 42649, 42653
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21147 and /api/v1/counties/21147/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).