Power outage history
Obion County Tennessee
4.2hours
without power for the average customer in a typical year, 2018–2025
43rd most of 73 in Tennessee 36% 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 Obion's customers who were without power at that day's worst moment.
Year by year
Hours in the dark, per customer
2021 was the worst well-recorded year, at 11 hours for the average customer. Hatched years have a thin record and are left out of the averages.
Obion, 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 10, 2021 | Tornadoes | 3,272 | 18% | 4.8 d | 1.2 h | 93k |
| May 4, 2021 | Thunderstorms | 4,132 | 23% | 2.1 d | 39 h | 76k |
| May 26, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 3,537 | 20% | 37 h | 27 h | 50k |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Windstorm | 4,314 | 24% | 26 h | 23 h | 30k |
| May 3, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 3,576 | 20% | 18 h | 14 h | 24k |
| Feb 24, 2018 | Tornadoes | 1,470 | 8% | 15 h | 15 h | 13k |
| May 9, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 2,853 | 16% | 9.8 h | 7.0 h | 11k |
| Jan 11, 2020 | Tornadoes | 1,875 | 11% | 9.0 h | 6.5 h | 9.7k |
| Apr 29, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 1,597 | 9% | 10 h | 1.2 h | 9.6k |
| Jun 21, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 2,752 | 16% | 8.8 h | 7.0 h | 9.4k |
| Mar 1, 2017 | No storm report | 1,773 | 10% | 13 h | 10 h | 8.2k |
| Aug 12, 2023 | Thunderstorms | 2,034 | 11% | 8.0 h | 6.5 h | 6.1k |
| May 4, 2020 | No storm report | 794 | 4% | 13 h | – | 5.8k |
| Dec 23, 2022 | Winter storm | 2,474 | 14% | 5.8 h | 1.5 h | 5.7k |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Heat | 2,184 | 12% | 5.8 h | 3.2 h | 5.1k |
| Apr 7, 2024 | Thunderstorms | 1,533 | 9% | 5.8 h | 2.2 h | 5.1k |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Thunderstorms | 2,923 | 17% | 4.5 h | 1.0 h | 4.6k |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Heat | 1,375 | 8% | 7.2 h | 6.2 h | 4.3k |
| Jul 9, 2022 | Heat | 2,062 | 12% | 1.8 h | 30 min | 3.4k |
| Jul 12, 2020 | Thunderstorms | 902 | 5% | 6.2 h | 6.5 h | 3.2k |
| Dec 19, 2017 | No storm report | 2,416 | 14% | 1.5 h | 48 min | 3.2k |
| Aug 4, 2023 | No storm report | 943 | 5% | 6.2 h | 5.8 h | 3.0k |
| Aug 6, 2019 | Thunderstorms | 832 | 5% | 8.8 h | – | 2.8k |
| Apr 13, 2022 | Thunderstorms | 1,191 | 7% | 5.2 h | 4.8 h | 2.7k |
| Feb 14, 2021 | Winter storm | 677 | 4% | 4.0 h | – | 2.7k |
| Nov 17, 2018 | No storm report | 622 | 4% | 4.2 h | – | 2.6k |
| Jul 5, 2018 | Heat | 1,647 | 9% | 1.8 h | 1.5 h | 2.4k |
| Aug 21, 2024 | No storm report | 543 | 3% | 4.0 h | – | 2.2k |
| Aug 8, 2021 | No storm report | 1,799 | 10% | 2.5 h | 1.5 h | 2.0k |
| Mar 25, 2024 | No storm report | 1,584 | 9% | 2.0 h | 2.0 h | 2.0k |
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 Obion from twelve hours before it began to its peak. Matching shows coincidence, not proof of cause.
- Thunderstorms 42%
- Tornadoes 25%
- No storm on record 19%
- Windstorm 6.5%
- Heat 4.1%
- Winter storm 3.2%
Who keeps the lights on
Utilities serving Obion
As each utility reports to the Energy Information Administration for its whole Tennessee territory, not this county alone. Outage minutes include major storm days.
| Utility | Type | Outage min / yr | Excl. major storms | Outages / yr | Residential ¢/kWh | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Electric Members Corp | Cooperative | 312 | 140 | 2.71 | 13.7 | 29k |
| Weakley County Mun Elec Sys | Municipal | 341 | 170 | 12.49 | 12.3 | 15k |
| City of Union City | Municipal | – | – | – | 11.9 | 5.2k |
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
- Hickman, KY 16 h
- Fulton, KY 5.6 h
- Obion (this county) 4.2 h
- Lake 3.7 h
- Gibson 1.4 h
- Dyer 0.6 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 17,708 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 →