DisasterLookup
DR-4255-TX · Major disaster declaration

Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

Declared for Texas on Feb 9, 2016, covering 51 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.

Feb 9, 2016declared
51areas designated
0open to household applications
$20.4Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodDec 26, 2015 – Jan 21, 2016DeclaredFeb 9, 2016Closed outAug 21, 2024

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
Bailey CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Borden CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cass CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Castro CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Childress CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cochran CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Collingsworth CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cottle CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Crosby CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Dallas CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Deaf Smith CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Delta CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Dickens CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Donley CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Ellis CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fisher CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Floyd CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Foard CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Franklin CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hall CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hardeman CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Harrison CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Haskell CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Henderson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hockley CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hopkins CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Jones CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Kaufman CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Kent CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
King CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Knox CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lamb CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Leon CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lubbock CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Motley CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Navarro CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Nolan CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Parmer CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Rains CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Red River CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Rockwall CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Scurry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Shackelford CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Stonewall CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Terry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Titus CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Trinity CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Van Zandt CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Walker CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Wheeler CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Wilbarger CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—