Spring weather – Entergy

Elevating our approach to expediting power restoration following severe storms

Corporate Team — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:50:12 +0000

Entergy’s team deployed a new Entergy-owned helicopter for its inaugural patrol flights to help restore power to thousands of customers in the wake of severe storms that swept through the Gulf Coast region on March 15 and the more recent spring storms in Arkansas earlier this month. The new helicopter takes the place of contracted helicopters Entergy has utilized to survey damage in impacted…

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Entergy Mississippi storm update – 3/17/2025, noon

Mississippi Team — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:10:56 +0000

Entergy Mississippi crews, contractors and tree trimmers are working diligently to complete power restoration following the recent severe weather system that caused significant damage in our service area. More than 860 workers have been engaged in the restoration effort. We have already restored power to approximately 7,200 homes and businesses – less than 22% of affected customers are still…

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Entergy Mississippi storm update – 3/16/2025, 3 p.m.

Mississippi Team — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:27:00 +0000

Entergy Mississippi crews, contractors, tree trimmers and scouts are working diligently to restore power following the recent severe weather system that caused significant damage in our service area. Entergy Mississippi has more than 860 workers engaged in the restoration effort. We have already restored power to approximately 6,300 homes and businesses – less than 33% of affected customers are…

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Entergy Arkansas storm update – 3/16/2025, 4 p.m.

Arkansas Team — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 21:13:11 +0000

Multiple thunderstorms moved through the state March 14 and March 15, causing widespread power outages to more than 15,000 customers, toppling transmission structures, breaking hundreds of power poles and causing major property damage. As soon as the storms passed, Entergy Arkansas went to work and has restored approximately 90% of our customers since the onset of this storm event.

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Ready for anything: Entergy Louisiana prepares for storms year-round

Entergy Team — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:33:00 +0000

BATON ROUGE, La. – No matter the season, severe weather has the potential to leave widespread damage and cause power outages. It’s why Entergy Louisiana is encouraging customers to be ready to spring into action when storms are threatening the service area. Having a plan for your family in case of an emergency outage continues to be important, as recent storm systems have proven to cause harm to…

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Ready for anything: Entergy Arkansas prepares for storms year-round

Entergy Team — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:38:00 +0000

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – After multiple rounds of snowfall and extreme cold temperatures the last two months, many people are ready to welcome spring weather to the Natural State. But like it’s winter counterpart, spring can also bring dangerous weather like thunderstorms to our area. Ahead of the seasonal switch, Arkansas has declared March 2-8 as Severe Weather Awareness Week.

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Entergy Arkansas storm update – 5/28/24, 8 p.m.

Arkansas Team — Wed, 29 May 2024 07:09:00 +0000

Just over 1,100 customers remain without power tonight after Entergy Arkansas crews restored power to thousands over the last several days. More than 46,000 customer interruptions have been restored since Friday evening. Rocky terrain and hard-to-access areas have slowed restoration efforts somewhat. Many customer interruptions are expected to be restored by 10 p.m.; however…

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Entergy Arkansas storm update – 5/26/24, noon

Arkansas Team — Sun, 26 May 2024 23:29:00 +0000

Severe weather with reports of multiple tornadoes in Northwest Arkansas early this morning has caused damage and additional outages throughout the state. Currently there are approximately 22,000 customer outages. The Flippin service territory appears to have the hardest impact and has extensive damage to the transmission system. Estimated restoration times listed below may be extended as damage…

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Entergy Arkansas storm update – 5/25/24, 8 p.m.

Arkansas Team — Sun, 26 May 2024 07:22:00 +0000

Crews are working around the clock to safely restore power after multiple rounds of severe weather caused outages. We’ve restored a total of 57,000 customers since the event(s), started about 3 p.m. on Friday. Currently, 4,579 customers remain without power. Damage includes 132 spans of downed power lines, 46 broken poles and 15 transformers. A span is the distance between two utility poles.

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Entergy Arkansas storm update – 5/9/24, 6 p.m.

Arkansas Team — Fri, 10 May 2024 05:37:00 +0000

Since the night of May 8, through the evening of May 9, Entergy Arkansas has restored approximately 43,000 customer outages resulting from multiple storm fronts that moved through the state. Currently there are approximately 1,430 remaining customer outages. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF2 tornado touched down in Hot Springs causing significant damage around the Lake Hamilton and…

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