Power Outages in Ward County, TX
No live outage feed is available for Ward County, TX yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 6.2 hours.
Ward County, TX is served by local tracked utilities.
Ward 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 Ward County right now.
Ward County has been under 11 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Flood Watch on July 17, 2026.
- Flood Watch ×6
- Flash Flood Warning ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning ×2
- Special Weather Statement ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Ward County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Ward County went about 6.2 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 3,649 customers.
Worst year here was 2021 (peak 3,649 customers out) · decade average 6.0 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 235 | 3,278 | 6.6 |
| 2017 | 52 | 150 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 712 | 2,258 | 8.9 |
| 2019 | 706 | 2,163 | 8.9 |
| 2020 | 693 | 2,153 | 4.4 |
| 2021 | 389 | 3,649 | 15.1 |
| 2022 | 440 | 2,781 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 415 | 1,598 | 2.8 |
| 2024 | 395 | 634 | 2.2 |
| 2025 | 417 | 2,432 | 6.2 |
Relatively Moderate high winds exposure · 6.0 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 Ward County: FAQ
- How often does Ward County, TX lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Ward County, TX logged 417 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 6.2 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Ward County, TX?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 3,649 customers without power, beginning June 26, 2021 and lasting about 3d 4h.
- Is there a power outage in Ward County, TX right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Ward County, TX. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Ward County.
79719, 79742, 79756, 79777, 79788
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/48475 and /api/v1/counties/48475/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Texas customers).