Power Outages in Whitley County, KY
No live outage feed is available for Whitley County, KY yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.9 hours.
Whitley County, KY is served by local tracked utilities.
Whitley 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 Whitley County right now.
Whitley County has been under 12 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Advisory ×6
- Flood Watch ×5
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Whitley County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Whitley County went about 6.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,182 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 7,182 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 175 | 380 | 0.2 |
| 2016 | 183 | 506 | 0.6 |
| 2017 | 173 | 1,250 | 0.5 |
| 2018 | 141 | 1,281 | 0.3 |
| 2019 | 596 | 2,471 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 583 | 7,182 | 14.3 |
| 2021 | 471 | 5,856 | 7.0 |
| 2022 | 551 | 3,272 | 9.8 |
| 2023 | 502 | 2,748 | 5.8 |
| 2024 | 530 | 3,937 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 546 | 3,468 | 6.9 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 4.9 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 Whitley County: FAQ
- How often does Whitley County, KY lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Whitley County, KY logged 546 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Whitley County, KY?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,182 customers without power, beginning April 12, 2020 and lasting about 6d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Whitley County, KY right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Whitley County, KY. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Whitley County.
40701, 40759, 40763, 40769
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/21235 and /api/v1/counties/21235/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Kentucky customers).