Power Outages in Simpson County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Simpson County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 10.6 hours.
Simpson County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Simpson 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.
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Simpson County has been under 4 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×2
Hardest-hit cities in Simpson County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Simpson County went about 10.6 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 10,727 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 8,287 customers out) · decade average 14.3 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 435 | 2,607 | 3.3 |
| 2016 | 650 | 4,838 | 9.6 |
| 2017 | 618 | 10,727 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 684 | 2,639 | 4.1 |
| 2019 | 702 | 5,900 | 13.3 |
| 2020 | 630 | 5,638 | 11.5 |
| 2021 | 685 | 6,502 | 25.7 |
| 2022 | 766 | 2,260 | 10.1 |
| 2023 | 758 | 8,287 | 30.9 |
| 2024 | 788 | 6,225 | 21.5 |
| 2025 | 774 | 2,744 | 10.6 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 14.3 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 Simpson County: FAQ
- How often does Simpson County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Simpson County, MS logged 774 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 10.6 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Simpson County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 10,727 customers without power, beginning December 8, 2017 and lasting about 1d 22h.
- Is there a power outage in Simpson County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Simpson County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Simpson County.
39044, 39062, 39082, 39111, 39114, 39149
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28127 and /api/v1/counties/28127/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).