Severe Winter Storm, Record/near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding and Landslides
Declared for West Virginia on Mar 14, 2003, covering 49 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 24 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Boone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Braxton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Brooke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cabell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Calhoun County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Gilmer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grant County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Greenbrier County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Hampshire County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hancock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hardy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Harrison County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Jackson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Jefferson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Kanawha County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Lewis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Lincoln County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Logan County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marshall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mason County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| McDowell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Mercer County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Mineral County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Mingo County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Monongalia County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Morgan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Nicholas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Ohio County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pendleton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pocahontas County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Preston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Putnam County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Raleigh County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Roane County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Summers County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Taylor County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tucker County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Tyler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Upshur County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Wayne County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Webster County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
| Wetzel County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wirt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Wyoming County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | May 13, 2003 |
More from West Virginia: every FEMA declaration in West Virginia.