Thunderstorms

May 26, 2024. At the peak, 705,805 customers were without power, most of them in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee.

Thunderstorms

Customers out at the peak 705,805 May 27, 2024, 7:00 AM

Customer-hours lost 18M Every customer out, times every hour out

Counties with 10%+ out 243 of 452 counties affected

Above 600,000 out nationally 16 hours May 26, 2024, 7:00 PM onward

States affected 36 KY · VA · TN · WV · MO

Hardest-hit county 100%out Muhlenberg, KY · 14,901 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%+
Kentucky	347,712	17%	73
Virginia	136,838	12%	31
Tennessee	135,557	7%	15
West Virginia	103,805	16%	23
Missouri	100,625	12%	19
Alabama	93,690	8%	8
Texas	89,028	4%	6
Arkansas	64,789	33%	11
Illinois	59,554	17%	18
Georgia	52,837	4%	9
Indiana	48,155	8%	9
North Carolina	33,688	3%	3
Ohio	27,782	5%	2
Colorado	22,299	5%	1
New York	21,017	2%	0
Pennsylvania	15,413	3%	0
Michigan	12,250	2%	1
Wisconsin	11,453	7%	3
South Carolina	9,947	2%	0
New Jersey	8,747	2%	0

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

By county