When will the power be back in Petal, MS?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Petal is a city of about 11,538 residents in Forrest County.
None of the utility outage maps we follow has yet listed an outage for Petal by name, so this page reports the Forrest County county-wide view, which covers Petal. If a serving utility does name Petal during an outage, the city's own numbers appear here automatically.
ZIP codes in Petal:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Petal: the closest other places we track are Hattiesburg, about 6 miles to the southwest; Laurel, about 24 miles to the north; Bogalusa, LA, about 54 miles to the southwest; and Picayune, about 62 miles to the southwest. Also nearby: D'Iberville (64 mi S), Gulfport (65 mi S), Biloxi (66 mi S), Long Beach (69 mi S), Ocean Springs (70 mi S), Bay St. Louis (71 mi S), Brookhaven (73 mi W) and Gautier (73 mi SE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Greenwood (160 mi); northeast toward Meridian (78 mi); east toward Milton, FL (139 mi); southeast toward Saraland, AL (75 mi); southwest toward Covington, LA (79 mi); west toward McComb (73 mi); and northwest toward Brandon (78 mi).
Who serves Petal?
We track live outage data from Mississippi Power ↗, Pearl River Valley EPA and Southern Pine Electric ↗ in Forrest County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Petal's last tracked outage began Sep 30, peaked at 1,731 customers out, and was restored in 2 hours. Across the 2 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours.
- Sep 30 — 1,731 customers out, restored in 2 hours
- Sep 21 — 420 customers out, restored in 3 hours
County context: across all of Forrest County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 1.8 hr. The full record for Forrest County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Petal, MS?
It depends on the cause and how many crews are working; the live status at the top of this page shows the current outlook. For context from Petal's own record: across the 2 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 3 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Petal, MS?
To check your own street, search a Petal ZIP code — 39465 — and the map opens on that area.
