Severe Storms and Flooding
Declared for Tennessee on Mar 20, 2003, covering 28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Bledsoe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Campbell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cannon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Carter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Claiborne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Cumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Decatur County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Fentress County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Grainger County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hancock County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Houston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Humphreys County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Lauderdale County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lewis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Loudon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Meigs County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Rhea County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Roane County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Scott County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Sequatchie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Stewart County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Union County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Van Buren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
More from Tennessee: every FEMA declaration in Tennessee.