When will the power be back in Howell County, MO?

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No significant county-wide outage reported in Howell County, MO right now.

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Elsewhere in Missouri: 20 customers reported out — statewide status.

Updated 10:31 PM CDT.

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Who serves Howell County?

County-wide coverage, with utility detail where available. Serving utilities tracked here include Missouri Electric Cooperatives, alongside the nationwide county-by-county tally. City of West Plains, City of Mountain View and City of Willow Springs also serve parts of this county — we don't yet read their own live outage maps. Multiple utilities serve parts of this area — enter a street address above for your exact provider.

Outage history — Howell County, MO

Last significant outage: Jul 23, 2026 — peaked at 427 customers, restored in ~4.2 hr (no severe weather).

This county-level list covers larger outages (about 200+ customers at peak, lasting 30 minutes or more) — oldest listed: Jul 23, 2026. Smaller or briefer interruptions aren't listed.

Longer-term outage history — Howell County, MO

Federal outage records (EAGLE-I, kept by the U.S. Department of Energy) show 131 notable outages (200+ customers at peak) here between 2014 and 2025. Typical restoration ran ~1.8 hr (median), and outages here have been most common in summer.

That is shorter than the Missouri norm in the same records, where the typical outage ran ~2.5 hr.

Largest on record: ~7,032 customers out in January 2023, restored after about 2.9 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.

Cities we track in Howell County

West Plains

Communities in Howell County include West Plains, Mountain View, Willow Springs, Brandsville, Pomona and South Fork. 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 Howell County, MO?

Report it to your electric utility — crews are dispatched from customer reports. Utilities serving parts of Howell include Missouri Electric Cooperatives, City of West Plains, City of Mountain View 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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