Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
Declared for Tennessee on Feb 7, 2008, covering 19 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Fentress County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM declared | — |
| Hardin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Haywood County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Hickman County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Houston County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Lewis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Macon County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Madison County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| McNairy County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Montgomery County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Perry County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Shelby County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Sumner County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Tipton County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Trousdale County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Wayne County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
| Williamson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM declared | Apr 7, 2008 |
More from Tennessee: every FEMA declaration in Tennessee.