Power outages in West Plains, MO
Live outages for West Plains and the surrounding area, updated every 10 minutes. West Plains has 12,780 residents.
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West PlainsHowell County
Outage history in Howell County, which includes West Plains
2014–2025 recordHowell County averaged 23.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Missouri counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 28. Half were over within 1.5 hours; the longest lasted 5.6 days, starting March 15, 2025.
The largest on record began January 25, 2023, with 7,032 customers out at once.
23.7significant outages a year (2023–2025)
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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
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.5.6 dayslongest on record (March 2025)
7,032most customers out at once
| Largest events (start) | Peak out | LastediHow long this area stayed at or above the significant-outage line, not how long any one home was without power. | Customer-hoursiCustomers out multiplied by hours out, added up over the event. 1,000 customers out for 3 hours is 3,000 customer-hours. |
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| January 25, 2023 | 7,032 | 3.4 days | 240,069 |
| March 15, 2025 | 4,534 | 5.6 days | 302,656 |
| May 4, 2020 | 3,422 | 4.5 hours | 12,467 |
| October 1, 2025 | 2,109 | 3 hours | 5,800 |
| February 1, 2025 | 1,478 | 4.5 hours | 1,823 |
Recorded outages from EAGLE-I, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (CC BY 4.0).i
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.