Power Outages in Accomack County, VA
No live outage feed is available for Accomack County, VA yet — live coverage depends on local utilities reporting to ODIN. In 2025, the average customer here lost power for about 3.8 hours.
Accomack County, VA is served by local tracked utilities.
Accomack 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.
- Severe Thunderstorm WatchSEVERE
- Heat AdvisoryMODERATE
Accomack County has been under 15 National Weather Service alerts recently — most recently a Severe Thunderstorm Watch on July 18, 2026.
- Coastal Flood Statement ×8
- Air Quality Alert ×3
- Heat Advisory ×2
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch ×1
- Tsunami Warning ×1
Hardest-hit cities in Accomack County
Where this event is concentrated across the county's towns and townships.
Historical reliability
In 2025, the average customer in Accomack County went about 3.8 hours without power. Peak simultaneous outage on record reached 14,383 customers.
Worst year here was 2020 (peak 14,383 customers out) · decade average 4.4 hrs without power per customer/yr.
| Year | Outage events | Peak customers out | Avg hrs/customer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 461 | 10,614 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 405 | 11,020 | 7.0 |
| 2018 | 110 | 2,232 | 0.5 |
| 2019 | 612 | 3,384 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 639 | 14,383 | 8.7 |
| 2021 | 805 | 13,141 | 4.6 |
| 2022 | 831 | 6,073 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 763 | 7,152 | 5.6 |
| 2024 | 849 | 3,202 | 2.5 |
| 2025 | 898 | 7,296 | 3.8 |
Relatively High hurricanes exposure · 4.4 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 Accomack County: FAQ
- How often does Accomack County, VA lose power?
- Based on EAGLE-I records, Accomack County, VA logged 898 distinct outage events in 2025, averaging about 3.8 hours without power per customer over the year.
- What was the worst power outage in Accomack County, VA?
- The largest tracked outage peaked at 14,383 customers without power, beginning August 4, 2020 and lasting about 1d 20h.
- Is there a power outage in Accomack County, VA right now?
- No major outage is currently reported for Accomack County, VA. Live coverage depends on whether local utilities report to ODIN.
Outages are tracked at the county level; these ZIP codes fall within Accomack County.
23301, 23302, 23303, 23306, 23308, 23336, 23337, 23356, 23357, 23358, 23359, 23389, 23395, 23401, 23407, 23409, 23410, 23414, 23415, 23416, 23417, 23418, 23420, 23421, 23422, 23423, 23426, 23427, 23440, 23441, 23442, 23480, 23488
Machine-readable data: /api/v1/counties/51001 and /api/v1/counties/51001/history. Historical figures derive from the DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I dataset (EAGLE-I tracked roughly 0% of Virginia customers).