Power outages in Roanoke County, VA

Live outage counts for Vinton and the rest of Roanoke County, updated every 10 minutes from Appalachian Power.

Right now

Normal: scattered outages

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

16customers without power

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

0.03% of 46,428 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.

Appalachian Power16 / 46,428

City of Salem - (VA)no 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.

Craig-Botetourt Electric Coopno 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

County outlineAppalachian 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.

Outages by ZIP code

2 of 7 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.
24018	Cave Spring / Roanoke	33	19,648	0.17%
24014	Roanoke	8	8,892	0.09%
24019	Hollins / Roanoke	0	13,874	0.00%
24020	Hollins	0	4	0.00%
24059	Unincorporated area	0	625	0.00%
24070	Unincorporated area	0	180	0.00%
24153	Salem / Glenvar	0	5,572	0.00%

Outage history in Roanoke County

2014–2025 record

Roanoke County averaged 43.7 significant outages a year in 2023–2025, about typical for Virginia counties.

In the 12 months to December 2025, there were 44. Half were over within 3 hours; the longest lasted 5.9 days, starting February 12, 2025.

The largest on record began February 12, 2025, with 12,657 customers out at once.

43.7significant 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.

3 hourstypical (median) length

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

5.9 dayslongest on record (February 2025)

12,657most 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 12, 2025	12,657	5.9 days	527,950
September 27, 2024	12,428	5.3 days	520,211
February 16, 2016	12,287	2.4 days	221,207
December 23, 2022	8,376	3.5 days	277,987
January 6, 2025	4,491	2.3 days	99,098

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

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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.