Power Outages in Rhea County, TN
No live outage feed is available for Rhea County, TN yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 5.9 hours.
Rhea County, TN is served by local tracked utilities.
Rhea 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 Rhea County right now.
Rhea County has been under 10 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Special Weather Statement on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×7
- Special Weather Statement ×2
- Flood Advisory ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Rhea County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Rhea County went about 5.9 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 7,403 customers.
Worst year here was 2023 (peak 7,371 customers out) · decade average 5.2 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 593 | 1,706 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 370 | 6,836 | 5.6 |
| 2021 | 377 | 4,426 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 482 | 1,868 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 568 | 7,371 | 13.9 |
| 2024 | 605 | 1,708 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 594 | 7,403 | 5.9 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 5.2 hrs/yr of outages over the last decade.
FEMA rates this county’s social vulnerability relatively moderate — outages hit harder where communities are less able to respond and recover.
All hazard rankings →Power outages in Rhea County: FAQ
- How often does Rhea County, TN lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Rhea County, TN logged 594 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 5.9 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Rhea County, TN?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 7,403 customers without power, beginning February 3, 2025 and lasting about 2h 15m.
- Is there a power outage in Rhea County, TN right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Rhea County, TN. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Rhea County.
37321, 37332, 37337, 37381
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/47143 and /api/v1/counties/47143/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Tennessee customers).