Lose electricity? Check South MS power outage maps for updates during severe weather.
About 300 homes in South Mississippi lost power Tuesday evening as severe weather began making is way toward South Mississippi.
As a strong line of storms moves through the Coast, Slidell and the New Orleans area Tuesday night, residents should prepare now if they lose electricity.
The National Weather Service has issued tornado and flood watches — along with wind advisories — in several parts of South Mississippi through 9 p.m.
The NWS classifies winds that exceed 50 miles per hour as damaging winds. Tonight’s wind gusts could be in excess of 60 miles per hour in South Mississippi counties. Pearl River, Hancock, Harrison and Jackson counties are among those under wind advisories. At that speed, the winds could cause structural damage, uproot trees and knock down power lines.
Check power outage maps
A strong band of storms is expected to roll through South Mississippi about 7 p.m. Mississippi Power reported about six customers without power at 6:45 p.m., three in Pearl River County and three in Harrison County.
Additionally, Coast Electric reported 270 customers without power in central Pearl River County.
If you lose electricity, you can check out outage maps from power companies to find out when power is expected to be restored in your area:
- Look here if you’re a Coast Electric customer
- Look here if you’re a Mississippi Power customer
- Look here if you’re a Singing River Electric customer
Power outages earlier in the day
Earlier in the afternoon, 300 residents in South Mississippi briefly lost power.
Storm-related power outages started popping up after noon for Singing River Electric. Outages, mostly in George County, swelled to 140 households by 5:30 p.m. and was down to 33 homes a half an hour later.
Coast Electric reported 216 households without power at 5:30 p.m. and was down to 57 in 30 minutes. By 6:45 p.m., nearly 300 were without power again in central Pearl River County.
The enhanced severe weather warning, which was issued Monday, also includes hail at least 1 inch in diameter. One-inch hail, about the size of a quarter, is enough to do serious damage to a roof or vehicle.
This story was originally published March 22, 2022 at 6:55 PM.
