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DR-1260-TN · Major disaster declaration

Severe Winter Storm

Declared for Tennessee on Jan 15, 1999, covering 33 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.

Jan 15, 1999declared
33areas designated
0open to household applications
$7.8Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodDec 23, 1998 – Dec 29, 1998DeclaredJan 15, 1999Closed outAug 24, 2010

The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.

What a major disaster declaration is

A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.

How declarations work →

Designated areas

Which programs each area got

IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.

AreaProgramsHouseholds could apply until
Anderson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Bedford CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Bledsoe CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Campbell CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cannon CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Claiborne CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Coffee CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cumberland CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
DeKalb CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fentress CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Franklin CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Giles CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Grundy CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hamilton CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hancock CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lawrence CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lewis CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lincoln CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Loudon CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Marion CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Marshall CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Monroe CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Moore CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Morgan CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Roane CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Scott CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Sequatchie CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Sevier CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Union CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Van Buren CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Warren CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Wayne CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
White CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—