Power Outages in Smith County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Smith County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 18.0 hours.
Smith County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Smith 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
Smith 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 Smith County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Smith County went about 18.0 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 6,211 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 5,329 customers out) · decade average 19.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 224 | 1,780 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 473 | 1,833 | 6.7 |
| 2017 | 527 | 5,976 | 13.3 |
| 2018 | 558 | 963 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 539 | 6,211 | 35.7 |
| 2020 | 497 | 2,461 | 13.5 |
| 2021 | 539 | 5,329 | 51.4 |
| 2022 | 582 | 2,226 | 14.7 |
| 2023 | 587 | 4,934 | 22.4 |
| 2024 | 645 | 5,164 | 26.4 |
| 2025 | 747 | 2,041 | 18.0 |
Relatively Moderate hurricanes exposure · 19.0 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 Smith County: FAQ
- How often does Smith County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Smith County, MS logged 747 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 18.0 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Smith County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 6,211 customers without power, beginning October 26, 2019 and lasting about 2d 16h.
- Is there a power outage in Smith County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Smith County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Smith County.
39116, 39152, 39153, 39168
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28129 and /api/v1/counties/28129/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).