DisasterLookup
DR-4712-TN · Major disaster declaration

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornado

Declared for Tennessee on May 17, 2023, covering 45 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.

May 17, 2023declared
45areas designated
0open to household applications
$28.7Mpublic assistance obligated so far
Timeline

How this declaration unfolded

Incident periodMar 1, 2023 – Mar 3, 2023DeclaredMay 17, 2023

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
Benton CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Bledsoe CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Campbell CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Carroll CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Cheatham CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Clay CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Crockett CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Davidson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Decatur CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Dickson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Fentress CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Gibson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Giles CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Grundy CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hamilton CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hardin CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Haywood CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Henderson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Henry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Hickman CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Houston CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Humphreys CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Jackson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lake CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lauderdale CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lawrence CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Lewis CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Macon CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Madison CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Marion CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Meigs CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Monroe CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Montgomery CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Moore CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Obion CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Perry CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Pickett CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Polk CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Rhea CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Robertson CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Stewart CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Sumner CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Tipton CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
Wayne CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—
White CountyIA not declaredPA declaredHM declared—