Power outage history
Clay County Mississippi
2.7hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
66th most of 74 in Mississippi 60% 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 Clay's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2022 was the worst well-recorded year, at 3.0 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2024 | Tornadoes | 1,002 | 11% | 18 h | 17 h | 12k |
| Oct 26, 2019 | Tropical Storm Olga | 1,502 | 16% | 27 h | 24 h | 9.7k |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Tornadoes | 1,430 | 15% | 21 h | 17 h | 8.8k |
| Apr 12, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 655 | 7% | 15 h | 11 h | 7.2k |
| Feb 17, 2021 | Winter storm | 642 | 7% | 20 h | 24 h | 5.9k |
| Jun 11, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 1,307 | 14% | 13 h | 8.8 h | 4.8k |
| Dec 24, 2022 | No storm report | 2,266 | 24% | 4.5 h | 1.0 h | 4.4k |
| Jun 20, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 1,010 | 11% | 9.8 h | 5.8 h | 4.3k |
| Jul 1, 2020 | No storm report | 915 | 10% | 5.2 h | 4.5 h | 3.8k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 704 | 7% | 11 h | 19 h | 3.2k |
| Jun 7, 2025 | Thunderstorms | 608 | 6% | 11 h | 9.5 h | 3.2k |
| Nov 29, 2016 | Tornadoes | 1,079 | 11% | 7.2 h | 1.5 h | 3.1k |
| Mar 17, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 294 | 3% | 13 h | – | 2.7k |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Hurricane Francine | 783 | 8% | 6.8 h | 3.5 h | 2.6k |
| Feb 18, 2021 | No storm report | 166 | 2% | 18 h | – | 2.5k |
| Jul 6, 2018 | Thunderstorms | 728 | 8% | 7.5 h | 5.8 h | 2.5k |
| May 8, 2025 | No storm report | 661 | 7% | 7.0 h | 3.2 h | 2.5k |
| Oct 9, 2020 | No storm report | 1,162 | 12% | 2.8 h | 1.5 h | 2.4k |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 888 | 9% | 4.0 h | 3.8 h | 2.3k |
| Aug 20, 2018 | No storm report | 1,300 | 14% | 1.8 h | 14 h | 2.3k |
| Apr 23, 2018 | No storm report | 1,027 | 11% | 3.0 h | 30 min | 1.9k |
| Dec 18, 2016 | No storm report | 464 | 5% | 4.5 h | – | 1.9k |
| May 18, 2025 | No storm report | 274 | 3% | 8.2 h | – | 1.8k |
| Feb 22, 2016 | No storm report | 1,713 | 18% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 1.8k |
| Jan 18, 2017 | No storm report | 506 | 5% | 4.5 h | 10 h | 1.7k |
| Nov 28, 2016 | Thunderstorms | 828 | 9% | 5.0 h | 1.5 h | 1.6k |
| May 23, 2020 | No storm report | 301 | 3% | 5.2 h | – | 1.5k |
| Mar 28, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 218 | 2% | 9.0 h | – | 1.4k |
| Mar 28, 2018 | No storm report | 385 | 4% | 5.5 h | – | 1.4k |
| Dec 8, 2024 | No storm report | 872 | 9% | 1.5 h | 1.5 h | 1.3k |
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 Clay from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- No storm on record 46%
- Thunderstorms 24%
- Tornadoes 15%
- Tropical storm 10%
- Winter storm 4.1%
- Flooding 1.0%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Clay
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Mississippi territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entergy Mississippi LLC | Investor Owned | 640 | 410 | 2.61 | 13.9 | 384k |
| 4-County Electric Power Assn | Cooperative | 215 | 124 | 1.95 | 13.7 | 41k |
| City of West Point | Municipal | – | – | – | 12.9 | 3.0k |
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
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 9,476 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 →