Power Outages in Benton County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Benton County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.0 hours.
Benton County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Benton 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 Benton County right now.
Benton County has been under 3 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 11, 2026.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Benton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Benton County went about 5.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 854 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 428 customers out) · decade average 4.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 12 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 40 | 434 | 2.4 |
| 2020 | 70 | 590 | 2.4 |
| 2021 | 74 | 428 | 13.5 |
| 2022 | 83 | 437 | 3.0 |
| 2023 | 79 | 854 | 12.4 |
| 2024 | 101 | 442 | 5.0 |
| 2025 | 85 | 438 | 5.0 |
Relatively Low tornadoes exposure · 4.9 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 Benton County: FAQ
- How often does Benton County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Benton County, MS logged 85 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Benton County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 854 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2023 and lasting about 2d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Benton County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Benton County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Benton County.
38603, 38633, 38642, 38647
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28009 and /api/v1/counties/28009/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).