Ice storm leaves thousands without power

Published: Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:43 AM CST|Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 10:49 PM CST
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JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - More than 10,000 Arkansans, many in Region 8, woke without power Tuesday morning with temperatures in the low 20s.

Meanwhile, “galloping” powerlines threatened to knock out power to even more people.

Entergy Arkansas reported 7,582 customers were without electricity at 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 31. By 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, that number had dwindled to 694.

Many of those outages were reported in Crittenden and Mississippi Counties, according to Entergy’s website.

Here are the number of Entergy outages as of 10:30 p.m. The number of outages at 6:30 a.m. are in parentheses:

  • Craighead: 0 (1,625)
  • Crittenden: 7 (761)
  • Cross: 6 (77)
  • Izard: 0 (17)
  • Lawrence: 0 (209)
  • Mississippi: 0 (2,494)
  • Poinsett: 0 (2)
  • Randolph: 0 (749)
  • St. Francis: 50 (680)
  • Woodruff: 0 (156)

The Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, which includes the Craighead Electric Co-Operative, reported early Tuesday morning that 2,525 customers lost power, many of those in Woodruff County. By 6 p.m. the ECA reported just 1,485 customers in the state were without electricity. The number of outages at 6:30 a.m. are in parentheses:

  • Cross: 0 (211)
  • Poinsett: 0 (1)
  • St. Francis: 0 (72)
  • Woodruff: 0 (1,222)

Jonesboro City Water & Light is reporting no outages as of 6 p.m.

To report power outages:

Clay County Electric Cooperative:

Craighead Electric Cooperative:

Entergy Arkansas:

  • 1-800-968-8243 (1-800-9OUTAGE)
  • Sign up for text message alerts, click here

Farmers Electric Cooperative:

  • 870-523-3691

Jonesboro City Water & Light:

Mississippi County Electric Cooperative:

  • 1-800-439-4563

North Arkansas Electric Cooperative:

  • Baxter County - 870-425-2141
  • Fulton County - 870-895-3221
  • Izard County - 870-670-5600
  • Sharp County - 870-994-2191
  • Report an outage from the NAEC mobile app, download it here.

Osceola Municipal Light & Power

  • (870) 563-5245

Paragould Light Water and Cable

  • (870) 239-7700

Piggott Municipal Light Water and Sewer

  • (870) 598-3208