When will the power be back in Memphis, TN?
Our restoration forecast is independent and unofficial, never the utility's commitment. How it works · How accurate it has been
Memphis is a city of about 610,919 residents in Shelby County.
Memphis Light, Gas & Water has reported outages for Memphis by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Memphis 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 Memphis:
- 37501
- 37544
- 38101
- 38103
- 38104
- 38105
- 38106
- 38107
- 38108
- 38109
- 38111
- 38112
- 38113
- 38114
- 38115
- 38116
- 38117
- 38118
- 38119
- 38120
- 38122
- 38124
- 38125
- 38126
- 38127
- 38128
- 38130
- 38131
- 38132
- 38133
- 38134
- 38135
- 38136
- 38137
- 38141
- 38145
- 38148
- 38150
- 38151
- 38152
- 38157
- 38159
- 38161
- 38163
- 38166
- 38167
- 38168
- 38173
- 38174
- 38175
- 38177
- 38181
- 38182
- 38184
- 38186
- 38187
- 38188
- 38190
- 38193
- 38194
- 38197
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Memphis: the closest other places we track are Germantown, about 11 miles to the east; Southaven, MS, about 11 miles to the south; Horn Lake, MS, about 12 miles to the southwest; and Bartlett, about 12 miles to the northeast. Also nearby: Olive Branch, MS (13 mi SE); West Memphis, AR (13 mi W); Marion, AR (15 mi NW); Collierville (16 mi E); Millington (16 mi N); Lakeland (17 mi NE); Hernando, MS (18 mi S); and Arlington (20 mi NE).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Blytheville, AR (57 mi); northeast toward Atoka (24 mi); east toward Oakland (26 mi); southeast toward Oxford, MS (57 mi); south toward Grenada, MS (92 mi); southwest toward Clarksdale, MS (72 mi); west toward Forrest City, AR (47 mi); and northwest toward Jonesboro, AR (63 mi).
Who serves Memphis?
We track live outage data from Memphis Light, Gas & Water in Shelby County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Memphis's last tracked outage began Oct 2, peaked at 189 customers out, and was restored in 4 hours. Across the 5 outages tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 10 hours.
- Oct 2 — 189 customers out, restored in 4 hours
- Oct 1 — 2,675 customers out, restored in 5 hours
- Sep 30 — 2,165 customers out, restored in 19 hours
- Sep 29 — 241 customers out, restored in 24 hours
County context: across all of Shelby County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 10.3 hr. The full record for Shelby County
Common questions
When will my power be back on in Memphis, TN?
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 Memphis's own record: across the 5 outages this site has tracked here, the typical (median) restoration ran 10 hours — the outage-history panel above lists them.
How do I check the power outage status in Memphis, TN?
To check your own street, search a Memphis ZIP code — 37501, 37544, 38101, 38103, 38104, 38105 or any of the other 55 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Memphis specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Memphis we have the city-level view: Memphis Light, Gas & Water has published outages for Memphis under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Memphis is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Shelby County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Memphis.
