Power Outages in Itawamba County, MS
There is no live feed for Tombigbee Electric Power Assn, so we can't see current outages in Itawamba County, MS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 9.5 hours.
Itawamba County, MS is served by 1 tracked utility.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/itawamba-county
- As of
- Not available
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Itawamba County, MS". https://massoutage.com/mississippi/itawamba-county
No live feed for Tombigbee Electric Power Assn: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~10,450 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: Tombigbee Electric Power Assn. Their customers are not in any number on this page; check their own outage maps.
| Utility | Feed | Out | Served | % out | Small outages | Incidents | Utility ETR | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tombigbee Electric Power Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Itawamba Countywho rely on electricity-dependent medical equipment (ventilators, oxygen concentrators, home dialysis, powered wheelchairs, and more). HHS reports counts of 1–10 as “≤11”. Medicare only, so the full at-risk population is larger.
By ZIP code (4)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38843 | 215 | 16 | 173 | ≤11 |
| 38855 | 82 | 0 | 64 | ≤11 |
| 38847 | 53 | ≤11 | 41 | 0 |
| 38876 | 20 | ≤11 | 17 | 0 |
Emergency managers can request identified beneficiary lists through their state health department via the HHS emPOWER program.
Outage began, grew, restoration estimate changed, restored: by email, Slack, Teams, Discord or signed webhook, for Itawamba County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Itawamba County right now.
Itawamba County has been under 23 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Wind Advisory on October 10, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×11
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×4
- Tropical Storm Warning ×3
- Wind Advisory ×3
- Flood Watch ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Itawamba County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Itawamba County went about 9.5 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 1,676 customers.
The US EIA reports Mississippi utilities averaged 8.7 hrs without power per customer (SAIDI) in 2025, a cross-check on our county estimate of 9.5 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 1,676 customers out) · decade average 1.7 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 38 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 99 | 0.1 |
| 2020 | 11 | 105 | 0.2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 106 | 0.2 |
| 2022 | 16 | 99 | 0.1 |
| 2023 | 19 | 105 | 0.3 |
| 2024 | 385 | 977 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 152 | 1,676 | 9.5 |
Cost of power in Itawamba County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Itawamba County, customer-weighted across the utilities serving it (US EIA, 2025). Retail prices aren't published at the county level; this is a derived estimate.
- Tombigbee Electric Power Assn13.0¢37,347 cust
Weighted by each utility's residential customer count (utilities report customers at the state level; a per-county share isn't published). Rising retail prices track a national demand surge; see energy & the data-center boom.
Relatively Moderate tornadoes exposure · 1.7 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 Itawamba County: FAQ
- How often does Itawamba County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Itawamba County, MS logged 152 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 9.5 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Itawamba County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 1,676 customers without power, beginning February 15, 2025 and lasting about 8d 17h.
- Is there a power outage in Itawamba County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Itawamba County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Itawamba County.
38843, 38847, 38855, 38856, 38858, 38876
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tombigbee Electric Power Assn | - | No live feed | - |
Data from DOE/ORNL ODIN, DOE EAGLE-I, EIA Form 861 (utility reliability), EIA electricity retail prices and FEMA National Risk Index, every source we read. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers). Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28057 and /api/v1/counties/28057/history.