Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes
Declared for Iowa on May 21, 1999, covering 17 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 14 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Bremer County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Buchanan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Butler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Chickasaw County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clayton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Clinton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Crawford County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Delaware County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Dubuque County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Fayette County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Harrison County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Jones County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Linn County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Scott County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Jul 19, 1999 |
More from Iowa: every FEMA declaration in Iowa.