When will the power be back in Howard County, AR?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Howard County, AR right now.

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Elsewhere in Arkansas: 172 customers reported out — statewide status.

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Who serves Howard County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include SWEPCO, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. 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 — Howard County, AR

Last significant outage: Sep 30, 2026 — peaked at 257 customers, restored in ~42 min (no severe weather).

Across the 12 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 2 hr (median).

Every outage behind these figures (12)

Began	Peak out	Restored in	Weather
Sep 30, 2026	257	~42 min	no severe weather
Sep 24, 2026	245	~1 hr	no severe weather
Sep 21, 2026	1,202	~13.8 hr	heat event
Sep 13, 2026	662	~2 hr	heat event
Sep 10, 2026	626	~30 min	no severe weather
Sep 8, 2026	559	~30 min	heat event
Aug 26, 2026	241	~11.5 hr	weather alert
Aug 20, 2026	327	~9 hr	heat event
Aug 20, 2026	302	~2 hr	heat event
Aug 8, 2026	357	~2.8 hr	weather alert
Aug 7, 2026	720	~3 hr	weather alert
Jul 29, 2026	242	~1 hr	heat event

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 29, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Howard County, AR

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 107 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

Largest on record: ~4,411 customers out in April 2025, restored after about 4.8 hr. The busiest year on record here was 2025.

Source: EAGLE-I (Oak Ridge National Laboratory / U.S. Department of Energy), county-level records 2014–2025, replayed through the same event rules as our tracking archive above with two differences: outages shorter than half an hour count here, and a reading above twice the county's customers or households is capped. They cover a far longer period than we have been tracking — a different set of outages, so the two typical times differ. These are federal historical records, not events tracked live by this site.

Communities covered

Communities in Howard County include Nashville, Mineral Springs, Dierks, Tollette and Center Point. 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 Howard County, AR?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Howard include SWEPCO, Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative, South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative 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.

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