Power outages in Lincoln County, MS

Live outage counts for Brookhaven and the rest of Lincoln County, updated every 10 minutes from Entergy Mississippi.

Right now

Elevated outages

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

11customers without power

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

0.13% of 8,719 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.

Entergy Mississippi11 / 8,719

Magnolia Electric Power Assnno live feed

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.

Also serves this county, per federal utility records

From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.

. Check its own outage map.

Southwest Mississippi E P Ano live feed

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.

Also serves this county, per federal utility records

From EIA Form 861, the U.S. Energy Information Administration's yearly survey of every electric utility and the areas it serves.

. Check its own outage map.

Outage map

1–1050200+ customers

Each dot is an outage the utility reports, placed where the utility puts it, often the middle of the affected area rather than a specific home. Tap a dot for the number of customers and the utility's estimated restoration time.

Outages by ZIP code

1 of 2 ZIP codes have outages

ZIP	Area	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.
39601	Brookhaven	5	7,902	0.06%
39629	Bogue Chitto / Brookhaven	0	511	0.00%

Outage history in Lincoln County

2014–2025 record

Lincoln County averaged 61.3 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, more than most Mississippi counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 67. Half were over within 2.5 hours; the longest lasted 31 hours, starting May 26, 2025.

The largest on record began February 16, 2025, with 10,241 customers out at once.

61.3significant 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.

2 hourstypical (median) length

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

6.6 dayslongest on record (February 2021)

10,241most 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	10,241	20 hours	49,501
February 17, 2021	9,395	6.6 days	537,665
October 10, 2020	7,799	2.8 days	193,166
January 2, 2017	7,306	31 hours	25,340
December 8, 2017	6,915	3.3 days	223,031

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.

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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.