Power outages in Tuscaloosa, AL

Live outages the utility reports for Tuscaloosa addresses, updated every 10 minutes. Tuscaloosa has 114,316 residents.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.

fewer than 5customers without power

A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.

Utilities hide very small outages for privacy and publish them only as "fewer than 5". Where many of these add up, we show an estimate ("about …").

<0.01% of 52,108 customersUpdated 7 min ago

We check every utility's outage data every 10 minutes. Each utility updates its own map on its own schedule, usually every 5 to 15 minutes.

Alabama Power's count for Tuscaloosa addresses

Utilities group outages by the city in each customer's mailing address. A city's count can include nearby areas outside its city limits, and only covers that utility's customers.

Alabama Powerfewer than 5 / 52,108

Outage map

TuscaloosaTuscaloosa CountyAlabama Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.

Some utilities publish only how many customers are out, not where. Their outages are in the counts but can't be drawn on the map.

ZIP codes in Tuscaloosa

ZIPs mostly inside Tuscaloosa; share from the Census

ZIP	Inside Tuscaloosa i How much of the ZIP code's addresses lie inside the city, from Census Bureau data.	Out	Customers i A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.	% out i Customers without power divided by all the customers the utility serves in this area.
35404	54%	0	11,868	0.00%

Outage history in Tuscaloosa County, which includes Tuscaloosa

2014–2025 record

Tuscaloosa County averaged 24.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, fewer than most Alabama counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 32. Half were over within 2 hours; the longest lasted 1.6 days, starting May 18, 2025.

The largest on record began February 16, 2025, with 19,015 customers out at once.

Outages are most common in May.

24.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)

At least 1% of the area's customers, and at least 100, without power at the same time. Outages less than 6 hours apart count as one.

1.5 hourstypical (median) length

Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.

1.8 dayslongest on record (April 2020)

19,015most customers out at once

Largest events (start)	Peak out	Lasted i How long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power.	Customer-hours i Customers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours.
February 16, 2025	19,015	20 hours	191,743
June 28, 2018	17,897	28 hours	162,464
May 18, 2025	14,953	1.6 days	213,827
April 12, 2020	13,999	1.8 days	223,273
August 2, 2024	11,478	25 hours	143,117

Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).

From EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory's record of utility outage data every 15 minutes since 2014 (CC BY 4.0). It covered about 9 in 10 U.S. customers.

If your power is out

Report it to your utility

Alabama Power: outage map and reporting
Stay at least 35 feet from downed power lines and report them right away.

Food safety

0–4 hKeep the fridge closed. It keeps food cold for about 4 hours.
4 h+Throw out meat, dairy and leftovers that have been above 40°F for more than 2 hours.
24 hA half-full freezer holds about 24 hours if kept closed.
48 hA full freezer holds about 48 hours.

Generators, heat and cold

Run generators outside only, at least 20 feet from windows and doors. Never in a garage.
Use a battery-powered carbon monoxide alarm.
Never heat your home with a gas stove or oven.

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Tuscaloosa County