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When will the power be back in McDonough, GA?

See current outages near you, plus an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data exists · Henry County, Georgia
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customers reported out in McDonough · live from Georgia Power · updated 11:04 AM EDT
Across the whole county (Henry, Georgia, all utilities): 6 reported out — a broader count from a different source; don't add it to the McDonough figure above.
Open the live outage map Report an outage — official utility site ↗
Utility informationOur restoration forecast
Official ETA, when the utility posts oneIndependent estimated return window when trend data allows — often available first
Utility-reported status & customer countsConfidence range + whether the outage is growing, stable, or restoring

How the forecast works: we analyze how quickly customers are being restored, whether the outage is still growing, current weather, outage size, and similar past outages in this area. Every completed forecast is compared with when power actually returned. As of Aug 22, 8,694 completed outages have been graded this way — median error 1.7 hours across the most recent 600 of them (about 2.2 days), and we publish the misses. See the full record (how it works). Independent and unofficial: never the utility's commitment.

Track current power outages in McDonough, Georgia — customers reported out, restoration progress, active weather alerts, and an independent restoration estimate. McDonough is a city in Henry County; when the serving utility's public feed reports McDonough directly, this page shows the city's own outage count and restoration time, with the county-wide view as context.

What we track for McDonough

McDonough is a city of about 32,803 residents in Henry County.

Snapping Shoals EMC has reported outages for McDonough by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-08-21) — so when McDonough is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.

ZIP codes in McDonough: 30252 · 30253 Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.

Around McDonough: the closest other places we track are Locust Grove, about 7 miles to the south; Stockbridge, about 8 miles to the northwest; Griffin, about 16 miles to the southwest; Stonecrest, about 17 miles to the north. Also nearby: Conyers (18 mi NE), Fayetteville (19 mi W), Covington (21 mi NE), College Park (23 mi NW), East Point (24 mi NW), Decatur (24 mi N), Peachtree City (25 mi W), Union City (26 mi NW). Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Clarkston (26 mi); northeast toward Auburn (44 mi); southeast toward Milledgeville (58 mi); southwest toward LaGrange (59 mi); west toward Fairburn (27 mi); northwest toward Atlanta (27 mi).

Who serves McDonough?

We track live outage data from Snapping Shoals EMC ↗ in Henry County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map. See the forecast panel above for how the estimate works — its inputs, its independence from the utility, and how every completed forecast is scored against what actually happened. Outages below 5 customers are too small for a meaningful area-wide estimate — the page says so instead of guessing.

Outage history — Henry County, GA (covers McDonough)
Power here was restored about 2 hours ago — the outage peaked at 1,532 customers.
Last significant outage: Aug 22, 2026 — peaked at 1,532 customers, restored in ~35.7 hr (weather alert).
Across the 10 significant outages tracked here, restoration typically ran about 5.2 hr.
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 — Henry County, GA (covers McDonough)
Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 854 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025 — including 14 major events of 10,000+ customers. Typical restoration ran ~2.3 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.
Largest on record: ~29,929 customers out in September 2017, restored after about 2.5 days. 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 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.

Common questions

When will my power be back on in McDonough, GA?

It depends on the cause and how many crews are working. When's the Power Back? combines the live outage count, the current restoration rate, weather, and local history into an independent estimate for the McDonough area — shown even before your utility posts an official restoration time. Check the live power outage status at the top of this page.

How do I check the power outage status in McDonough, GA?

This page is a live power outage status check for the McDonough area: current customers out, the affected areas on the map, and an independent restoration forecast when enough trend data is available, refreshed about every 15 minutes from utilities' own outage maps and the federal government's county outage data. To narrow it to your own street, search a McDonough ZIP code — 30252, 30253 — and the map opens on that area. Your utility's own outage map remains the official word for your account.

How do I report a power outage in McDonough, GA?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities tracked in Henry County include Snapping Shoals EMC; confirm your own provider, then use its outage line or website. Reporting a downed line helps crews find the fault faster. In a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

Does this page show McDonough specifically, or the whole county?

Both, and for McDonough we have the city-level view: Snapping Shoals EMC has published outages for McDonough under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-08-21. When McDonough is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Henry County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes McDonough.

How accurate is the restoration estimate?

Every estimate is later graded against when the tracked outage was substantially restored (~90% of customers back), and the track record is published on our accuracy page. Estimates firm up a few hours into an outage once a steady restoration trend appears; very small outages are marked "too small to estimate" rather than guessed.

McDonough, GA — live power outage tracker