Power Outages in Washington County, MS
No live outage feed is available for Washington County, MS yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 4.9 hours.
Washington County, MS is served by local tracked utilities.
Washington 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
Washington County has been under 6 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Heat Advisory on July 18, 2026.
- Heat Advisory ×3
- Special Weather Statement ×3
Hardest-hit cities in Washington County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Washington County went about 4.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,640 customers.
Worst year here was 2022 (peak 4,134 customers out) · decade average 6.9 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 687 | 2,501 | 3.9 |
| 2016 | 627 | 6,687 | 7.8 |
| 2017 | 661 | 3,245 | 5.8 |
| 2018 | 588 | 2,478 | 4.9 |
| 2019 | 313 | 2,703 | 7.5 |
| 2020 | 582 | 5,444 | 10.2 |
| 2021 | 825 | 2,745 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 892 | 4,134 | 10.6 |
| 2023 | 696 | 7,640 | 8.3 |
| 2024 | 692 | 3,553 | 7.0 |
| 2025 | 714 | 2,543 | 4.9 |
Relatively High tornadoes exposure · 6.9 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 Washington County: FAQ
- How often does Washington County, MS lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Washington County, MS logged 714 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 4.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Washington County, MS?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,640 customers without power, beginning July 22, 2023 and lasting about 9h.
- Is there a power outage in Washington County, MS right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Washington County, MS. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Washington County.
38701, 38703, 38722, 38723, 38731, 38744, 38748, 38756, 38760, 38776
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/28151 and /api/v1/counties/28151/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Mississippi customers).