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SEVERE STORMS AND TORNADOES

DR-1399-AL affected Etowah County, Alabama. This page rolls up the declaration record, assistance metrics, and public-assistance categories for that specific event.

Incident type
Severe Storm
DR-1399-AL
Declared
Dec 7, 2001
DR
Public assistance
$414K
Project obligations
Registrations
0
Tracked households
Aid breakdown

What FEMA records show for this declaration

Public assistance

Debris Removal$148K
Roads and Bridges$125K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$58K
Emergency Protective Measures$38K
Utilities$32K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$12K
Total PA obligated$414K

Individual assistance

Owner-approved dollars$0
Renter-approved dollars$0
Intake IHP dollars$0
Validated phase 2 dollars$0
Tracked registrations0
About this declaration

What DR-1399-AL means

DR-1399-AL is a FEMA disaster declaration that affected Etowah County, Alabama, with an incident window starting Nov 24, 2001 through Nov 25, 2001. The declaration type is "DR," categorized as severe storm.

When FEMA issues a declaration, it can authorize Individual Assistance (IA), Public Assistance (PA), or Hazard Mitigation (HM) programs — or any combination. IA covers direct aid to households: housing repairs, rental assistance, and other needs. PA funds infrastructure repair and emergency protective measures managed by local governments and nonprofits. The dollar figures on this page reflect what FEMA's open datasets report as obligated, which may differ from final disbursements.

This declaration is one entry in the broader Etowah County disaster history page, which shows all declarations, the dominant hazard pattern, decade-by-decade trends, and flood insurance context for the county.