Power Outages in Jackson County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Jackson County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.0 hours.
Jackson County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Jackson 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 Jackson County right now.
Jackson County has been under 199 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on August 27, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×68
- Extreme Heat Warning ×33
- Special Weather Statement ×25
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×15
- Tropical Storm Watch ×11
- Extreme Heat Watch ×10
Hardest-hit cities in Jackson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Jackson County went about 3.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 54,222 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 54,222 customers out) · decade average 7.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 684 | 7,223 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 708 | 2,469 | 0.7 |
| 2017 | 1,186 | 30,090 | 10.7 |
| 2018 | 1,218 | 12,045 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 1,162 | 7,195 | 2.7 |
| 2020 | 1,093 | 54,222 | 48.0 |
| 2021 | 1,174 | 5,216 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 1,243 | 4,308 | 2.4 |
| 2023 | 789 | 6,289 | 3.1 |
| 2024 | 1,293 | 4,778 | 3.9 |
| 2025 | 1,169 | 3,643 | 3.0 |
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 7.4 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Jackson County: FAQ
- How often does Jackson County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Jackson County, MS logged 1,169 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Jackson County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 54,222 customers without power, beginning October 28, 2020 and lasting about 17d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Jackson County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Jackson County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Jackson County.
39553, 39562, 39563, 39564, 39565, 39567, 39581, 39595
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28059 and /api/v1/counties/28059/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).