Severe Storms and Tornadoes
Declared for Alabama on Dec 7, 2001, covering 19 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 19 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Blount County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Butler County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Calhoun County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Cherokee County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Dale County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| DeKalb County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Etowah County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Lamar County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Lawrence County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Madison County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Marion County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Marshall County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| St. Clair County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Talladega County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
| Winston County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Feb 5, 2002 |
More from Alabama: every FEMA declaration in Alabama.