When will the power be back in Hempstead County, AR?
See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Arkansas
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customers reported out in Hempstead County, AR
Reported by the utility's own live outage data — this county isn't included in the slower nationwide county tally.
County-wide restoration outlook: still growing right now — past outages here of any size in the same kind of weather ran ~1.1 hr start to finish (4 on record)
County-wide data — your specific neighborhood or circuit may be restored earlier or later.
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Updated 10:35 PM CDT.
222county-wide trend of customers without power · last 75 min · tap or hover a point to see its number
Communities with reported outages — from the utilities that publish city-by-city detail for this county
⚡ No power in Hempstead, AR? We'll notify you when the outage we're tracking looks mostly restored.
An alert when an outage is detected here, another once a dependable restoration estimate is ready, and an all-clear when the outage we're tracking looks substantially restored (~90% of customers back). No email, no account — anonymous usage stats only.
County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Entergy, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, SWEPCO and South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of Hope also serves parts of this county — we don't yet read its own live outage map. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider. For the parent company's combined picture, see AEP outages across every state it serves.
Outage history — Hempstead County, AR
Last significant outage: Oct 3, 2026 — peaked at 363 customers, restored in ~2 hr (no severe weather).
Across the 7 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 1.5 hr.
This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Aug 17, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.
Longer-term outage history — Hempstead County, AR
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show
289 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025.
Typical restoration ran ~3.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in spring.
Largest on record: ~2,752 customers out in February 2023, restored after about 3.1 days. The busiest year on record here was 2022.
Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level
records 2014–2025 measured by the same rules as our tracking archive above, over a far longer period than we have been tracking — the same method, a different set of outages. These are federal historical records,
not events tracked live by this site.
Communities covered
Communities in Hempstead County include Hope, Blevins, Perrytown, Fulton, Washington, Oakhaven, McCaskill and Patmos. Searches and the live map cover every address in the county, named here or not.
Common questions
How do I report a power outage in Hempstead County, AR?
Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Hempstead include Entergy, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, SWEPCO and others — service areas overlap and county lines don't decide your provider, so confirm yours, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line also helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.
