Power outages in Lamar County, MS
Live outage counts for Sumrall, Purvis and Lumberton and the rest of Lamar County, updated every 10 minutes from Mississippi Power.
Right now
No outages reported
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Normal: fewer than 0.1% of customers out. Elevated: 0.1% or more. Major outage: 1% or more.0customers without power
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A customer is one electric account, usually one home or business, not one person. Utilities count outages this way.Mississippi Power0 / 8,529
Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assnno live feedAlso serves this county, per federal utility records. Check its own outage map.
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This utility doesn't publish outage data we can read automatically, so it isn't in our totals. Its own outage map has its current outages.i
From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.Outage map
County outlineMississippi Power publishes totals only, not outage locations.
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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.Cities and towns
Utility counts by mailing cityi
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.Outage history in Lamar County
2014–2025 recordLamar County averaged 44.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Mississippi counties.
In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 52. Half were over within 60 minutes; the longest lasted 8 hours, starting January 22, 2025.
The largest on record began December 8, 2017, with 8,781 customers out at once.
Outages are most common in June.
44.3significant 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 hourtypical (median) length
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Half of significant outages here ended sooner than this, and half lasted longer.1.5 dayslongest on record (December 2017)
8,781most 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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| December 8, 2017 | 8,781 | 1.5 days | 95,270 |
| July 12, 2023 | 5,471 | 30 minutes | 2,212 |
| May 13, 2024 | 5,042 | 26 hours | 29,555 |
| July 19, 2019 | 4,969 | 2 hours | 8,165 |
| June 15, 2023 | 4,804 | 5.5 hours | 10,900 |
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.
If your power is out
Report it to your utility
- Mississippi 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.
Nearby counties
Utilities
- Mississippi Power
- Pearl River Valley El Pwr Assn no live feed
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