Power Outages in Lee County, MS
There is no live feed for City of Tupelo - (MS), Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn and Tombigbee Electric Power Assn, so we can't see current outages in Lee County, MS. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 2.4 hours.
Lee County, MS is served by 3 tracked utilities.
Cite this data
- URL
- https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lee-county
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- Not available
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- MassOutage
MassOutage, "Power Outages in Lee County, MS". https://massoutage.com/mississippi/lee-county
No live feed for City of Tupelo - (MS), Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn and Tombigbee Electric Power Assn: outages in theirservice area won't show here.
0.0%of this county's ~50,602 customers are served by utilities with a county-level live feed.
We can't see outages for: City of Tupelo - (MS), Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Tupelo - (MS) | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tombigbee Electric Power Assn | No live feed | can't see | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Electricity-dependent residents
HHS emPOWER · data October 7, 2026Medicare beneficiaries in Lee 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 (7)
| ZIP | Power-dependent | Ventilators | O2 concentrators | Home dialysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38801 | 416 | 24 | 291 | ≤11 |
| 38804 | 245 | 14 | 161 | ≤11 |
| 38866 | 179 | ≤11 | 143 | ≤11 |
| 38868 | 86 | ≤11 | 61 | ≤11 |
| 38849 | 84 | ≤11 | 66 | ≤11 |
| 38857 | 61 | ≤11 | 46 | 0 |
| 38862 | 49 | ≤11 | 27 | 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 Lee County or any town and utility in it.
No active NWS alerts for Lee County right now.
Lee 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 Lee County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Lee County went about 2.4 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 4,969 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 2.4 hrs.
Worst year here was 2025 (peak 4,969 customers out) · decade average 1.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 366 | 1,318 | 1.2 |
| 2025 | 366 | 4,969 | 2.4 |
Cost of power in Lee County
ENERGY & AI DEMAND →Estimated residential electricity price for Lee 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
- Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn11.5¢10,994 cust
- City of Tupelo - (MS)11.8¢10,646 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 ice storms exposure · 1.8 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 Lee County: FAQ
- How often does Lee County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Lee County, MS logged 366 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 2.4 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Lee County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 4,969 customers without power, beginning June 6, 2025 and lasting about 5d 23h.
- Is there a power outage in Lee County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Lee County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Lee County.
38801, 38804, 38849, 38857, 38862, 38866, 38868, 38879
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 | - |
| Prentiss County Elec Pwr Assn | - | No live feed | - |
| City of Tupelo - (MS) | - | 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/28081 and /api/v1/counties/28081/history.