Thunderstorms

Apr 12, 2020. At the peak, 1,369,943 customers were without power, most of them in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

Thunderstorms

Customers out at the peak 1,369,943 Apr 13, 2020, 8:00 AM

Customer-hours lost 37M Every customer out, times every hour out

Counties with 10%+ out 331 of 703 counties affected

Above 600,000 out nationally 25 hours Apr 12, 2020, 11:00 PM onward

States affected 43 NC · SC · GA · AL · VA

Hardest-hit county 100%out Wood, TX · 16,030 customers

Hour by hour

The country, in the dark

Customers without power across the US, two days either side. The shaded band is the time the national total stayed above 600,000.

By state

State	Peak out	Share	Counties 10%+
North Carolina	356,960	8%	26
South Carolina	282,451	12%	20
Georgia	258,321	9%	60
Alabama	224,964	11%	29
Virginia	196,686	14%	24
Massachusetts	152,529	6%	1
Arkansas	147,709	18%	30
Texas	140,351	11%	18
Mississippi	133,026	17%	37
New York	127,385	5%	5
Kentucky	97,881	27%	14
Pennsylvania	83,095	3%	4
West Virginia	81,587	12%	18
New Jersey	77,332	4%	2
Louisiana	75,767	6%	13
Connecticut	68,316	4%	1
Tennessee	66,695	5%	7
Michigan	32,564	3%	7
Rhode Island	27,335	7%	1
Florida	26,280	4%	4

State peaks add each county's own peak, which may fall at different hours, so they can exceed the true simultaneous total.

By county