Power Outages in Wayne County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Wayne County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.0 hours.
Wayne County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Wayne 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
Wayne County has been under 14 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 18, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×5
- Flood Advisory ×4
Hardest-hit cities in Wayne County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Wayne County went about 9.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,300 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 6,300 customers out) · decade average 10.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 446 | 3,602 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 393 | 3,821 | 6.9 |
| 2021 | 421 | 3,866 | 17.0 |
| 2022 | 553 | 3,661 | 5.9 |
| 2023 | 495 | 6,300 | 19.2 |
| 2024 | 574 | 4,905 | 9.4 |
| 2025 | 588 | 3,328 | 9.0 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 10.5 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 Wayne County: FAQ
- How often does Wayne County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Wayne County, KY logged 588 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Wayne County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,300 customers without power, beginning March 3, 2023 and lasting about 7d 6h.
- Is there a power outage in Wayne County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Wayne County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Wayne County.
42518, 42603, 42633
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21231 and /api/v1/counties/21231/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).