Power outage history
Choctaw County Alabama
5.5hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
42nd most of 60 in Alabama 17% below the national median
Every day since 2015
Eleven years, one night at a time
Each cell is a day. The brighter it is, the larger the share of Choctaw's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2024 was the worst well-recorded year, at 12 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Choctaw, hours without power per customer
The record
The biggest outages since 2015
Ranked by customer-hours lost: customers out multiplied by how long they stayed out. Times are local.
| Began | Storm | Peak out | Share | Lasted | 90% restored | Customer-hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 2,858 | 40% | 40 h | 36 h | 53k |
| Dec 8, 2017 | Winter storm | 970 | 13% | 33 h | 6.8 h | 22k |
| Jun 16, 2023 | No storm report | 1,788 | 25% | 39 h | 28 h | 20k |
| Oct 29, 2020 | Hurricane Zeta | 1,090 | 15% | 17 h | 8.2 h | 13k |
| Jun 19, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,709 | 24% | 13 h | 11 h | 11k |
| Mar 4, 2025 | No storm report | 1,145 | 16% | 23 h | 21 h | 8.5k |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane Francine | 2,535 | 35% | 16 h | 6.5 h | 5.8k |
| May 4, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 1,043 | 14% | 13 h | 9.5 h | 3.7k |
| Aug 1, 2018 | No storm report | 879 | 12% | 8.0 h | 7.5 h | 3.6k |
| Jun 9, 2021 | No storm report | 841 | 12% | 6.8 h | 5.5 h | 3.5k |
| May 26, 2024 | No storm report | 527 | 7% | 8.8 h | 6.5 h | 3.3k |
| Apr 18, 2019 | No storm report | 581 | 8% | 19 h | 17 h | 3.2k |
| Mar 16, 2021 | No storm report | 454 | 6% | 7.8 h | 2.2 h | 2.6k |
| May 16, 2018 | No storm report | 446 | 6% | 7.8 h | 5.2 h | 2.4k |
| Jun 5, 2024 | No storm report | 970 | 13% | 3.8 h | 3.5 h | 2.3k |
| Jul 13, 2021 | No storm report | 527 | 7% | 9.5 h | 3.5 h | 2.3k |
| Jul 11, 2021 | No storm report | 303 | 4% | 9.5 h | – | 2.2k |
| Mar 26, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 505 | 7% | 5.8 h | 3.8 h | 2.2k |
| Nov 28, 2017 | No storm report | 554 | 8% | 4.0 h | 1.0 h | 2.2k |
| Mar 18, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 535 | 7% | 6.5 h | 6.5 h | 2.1k |
| Jun 18, 2023 | No storm report | 666 | 9% | 5.5 h | 5.0 h | 2.0k |
| Feb 16, 2025 | No storm report | 718 | 10% | 15 h | 15 h | 2.0k |
| Jun 7, 2019 | No storm report | 615 | 9% | 4.2 h | 4.0 h | 1.8k |
| Jun 30, 2020 | No storm report | 300 | 4% | 8.8 h | – | 1.7k |
| Jun 18, 2018 | No storm report | 822 | 11% | 6.0 h | 17 h | 1.6k |
| Jul 16, 2024 | No storm report | 527 | 7% | 5.5 h | 4.5 h | 1.6k |
| Apr 13, 2023 | No storm report | 291 | 4% | 5.5 h | – | 1.6k |
| Oct 13, 2024 | No storm report | 522 | 7% | 3.0 h | 3.0 h | 1.6k |
| Nov 12, 2021 | No storm report | 542 | 8% | 3.8 h | 3.8 h | 1.5k |
| Apr 9, 2019 | No storm report | 450 | 6% | 4.8 h | 4.8 h | 1.5k |
After the peak
How fast the lights come back
Each line is one major outage, from its peak. The amber line is the typical path.
When it happens
The outage clock
Customer-hours out by month (rings, January innermost) and local hour, 2018–2025.
What was happening
Weather behind the outages
Each outage is matched to NOAA storm reports for Choctaw from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 59%
- Thunderstorms 30%
- Tropical storm 8.8%
- Tornadoes 1.3%
- Flooding 0.8%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Choctaw
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Alabama territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Power Co | Investor Owned | 410 | 108 | 2.06 | 17.9 | 1.3M |
| Black Warrior Elec Member Corp | Cooperative | – | – | – | 15.1 | 20k |
EIA Form 861, latest year each utility reported. Outage minutes are SAIDI, the yearly minutes the average customer goes without power; outages a year are SAIFI.
Next door
Neighbouring counties
- Lauderdale, MS 11 h
- Clarke, MS 10.0 h
- Sumter 8.8 h
- Clarke 5.9 h
- Marengo 5.8 h
- Wayne, MS 5.7 h
- Choctaw (this county) 5.5 h
- Washington 2.1 h
About these numbers
Notes
Outages come from the EAGLE-I record of utility outage maps collected every 15 minutes by Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hours without power are customer-hours divided by the county's 7,230 electricity customers. Averages use well-covered years from 2018. Outages shorter than 15 minutes, and utilities that publish no outage map, are not in the record, so these figures understate the total. How every number is made →