Power Outages in Lauderdale County, MS
As of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC, no outages are reported by Mississippi Power Co in Lauderdale County, MS. There is no live feed for East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 8.3 hours.
Lauderdale County, MS is served by 2 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lauderdale-county
- As of
- October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC
- Publisher
- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lauderdale County, MS", live data as of October 19, 2026 04:40 UTC. https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lauderdale-county
No active outages are reported by Mississippi Power Co in Lauderdale County.
No live feed for East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn: outages in itsservice area won't show here.
79%of this county's ~25,908 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: East Mississippi Elec Pwr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Power Co | Live · county | 0 | 20,352 | 0.0% | - | 0 | - | |
| East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Mississippi Power Co reportsevery town in the county on each poll, so 0 out is a real all-clear. ETRs are the utility's own estimates.
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lauderdale 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 (9)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39301 | 343 | 16 | 260 | ≤11 |
| 39305 | 256 | 12 | 185 | ≤11 |
| 39307 | 211 | 13 | 151 | ≤11 |
| 39325 | 78 | ≤11 | 56 | ≤11 |
| 39335 | 48 | ≤11 | 37 | 0 |
| 39364 | 38 | ≤11 | 30 | ≤11 |
| 39320 | 29 | ≤11 | 21 | 0 |
| 39342 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 39326 | ≤11 | 0 | ≤11 | 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 Lauderdale County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lauderdale County right now.
Lauderdale County has been under 34 National Weather Service alerts recently, most recently a Red Flag Warning on October 17, 2026.
- Tropical Cyclone Local Statement ×8
- Tropical Storm Watch ×4
- Heat Advisory ×4
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×4
- Tropical Storm Warning ×3
- Red Flag Warning ×3
Latest Lauderdale County, MS outage updates
A running log of how this outage has changed, updated automatically as utilities report in.
- RESOLVED
Power restored after 5h 50m
- IMPROVING
Improving: down to 514 customers out
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- RESTORATION ETA
Restoration now estimated September 22, 2026
- GREW
Outage grew to 967 customers out (3.2% of the county)
- OUTAGE BEGAN
Outage began: 444 customers out (1.5% of the county)
Hardest-hit cities in Lauderdale County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lauderdale County went about 8.3 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 30,152 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 8.3 hrs.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 30,152 customers out) · decade average 8.5 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 684 | 888 | 0.8 |
| 2016 | 808 | 2,199 | 1.2 |
| 2017 | 713 | 1,578 | 1.5 |
| 2018 | 740 | 8,790 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 863 | 7,431 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | 869 | 10,268 | 8.8 |
| 2021 | 915 | 30,152 | 37.9 |
| 2022 | 1,020 | 5,550 | 6.0 |
| 2023 | 880 | 17,918 | 15.2 |
| 2024 | 999 | 8,744 | 7.5 |
| 2025 | 966 | 10,916 | 8.3 |
Cost of power in Lauderdale County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lauderdale 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.
- Mississippi Power Co15.7¢158,206 cust
- East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn14.9¢9,883 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 High tornadoes exposure · 8.5 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 Lauderdale County: FAQ
- How often does Lauderdale County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lauderdale County, MS logged 966 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 8.3 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lauderdale County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 30,152 customers without power, beginning May 4, 2021 and lasting about 3d 12h.
- Is there a power outage in Lauderdale County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lauderdale County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
- Which utilities serve Lauderdale County, MS?
- Tracked electric providers include Mississippi Power Co.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lauderdale County.
39301, 39305, 39307, 39309, 39320, 39325, 39335, 39342, 39364
Electric providers serving this county
From EIA-861 service territory, with official reliability where reported.
| Provider | Official SAIDI (EIA) | Live | Report outage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Power Co | 1.8 hrs | Live · county | |
| East Mississippi Elec Pwr Assn | 0.1 hrs | 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/28075 and /api/v1/counties/28075/history.