Power Outages in Newton County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Newton County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.7 hours.
Newton County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Newton 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 Newton County right now.
Newton County has been under 2 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 13, 2026.
- Flash Flood Warning ×1
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Newton County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Newton County went about 5.7 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,028 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 10,028 customers out) · decade average 11.8 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 271 | 369 | 0.5 |
| 2016 | 384 | 1,549 | 2.9 |
| 2017 | 434 | 1,612 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 473 | 1,606 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 544 | 3,305 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 508 | 3,149 | 7.2 |
| 2021 | 585 | 10,028 | 75.5 |
| 2022 | 584 | 1,801 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 550 | 3,834 | 12.3 |
| 2024 | 621 | 4,048 | 8.0 |
| 2025 | 727 | 2,104 | 5.7 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 11.8 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 Newton County: FAQ
- How often does Newton County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Newton County, MS logged 727 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.7 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Newton County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,028 customers without power, beginning May 4, 2021 and lasting about 2d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Newton County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Newton County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Newton County.
39057, 39323, 39327, 39332, 39336, 39337, 39345
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28101 and /api/v1/counties/28101/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).