Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain
Declared for Mississippi on Jan 25, 1999, covering 34 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
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.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Attala County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bolivar County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Calhoun County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Carroll County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Chickasaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Choctaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grenada County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Humphreys County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Issaquena County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Itawamba County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kemper County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Leake County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Leflore County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lowndes County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Neshoba County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Noxubee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Oktibbeha County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Pontotoc County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Prentiss County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sharkey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sunflower County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Tallahatchie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Tishomingo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Warren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Webster County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Winston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Yalobusha County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Yazoo County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Mississippi: every FEMA declaration in Mississippi.