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DR-1441-TN · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms and Tornados

Declared for Tennessee on Nov 13, 2002, covering 22 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 20 of them.

Nov 13, 2002declared
22areas designated
20open to household applications
$2.7Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodNov 9, 2002 – Nov 12, 2002DeclaredNov 13, 2002Apply byJan 13, 2003Closed outJan 13, 2011

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 declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Bedford CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Bledsoe CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredJan 13, 2003
Carroll CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Coffee CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Crockett CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Cumberland CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Fentress CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM not declaredJan 13, 2003
Gibson CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Henderson CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Madison CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Marshall CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Meigs CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—
Montgomery CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Morgan CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Roane CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredJan 13, 2003
Rutherford CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Scott CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Sumner CountyIA declaredPA not declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Tipton CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM declaredJan 13, 2003
Van Buren CountyIA declaredPA declaredHM not declaredJan 13, 2003
Warren CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared—

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