Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes
Declared for Kentucky on May 23, 2025, covering 39 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Adair County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Allen County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Barren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Breathitt County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Butler County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Caldwell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Carlisle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Casey County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Christian County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clinton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crittenden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cumberland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Estill County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Knott County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Knox County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Larue County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Laurel County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Lee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Livingston County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Logan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lyon County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marshall County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| McCreary County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Menifee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Metcalfe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Owsley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Powell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pulaski County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Rockcastle County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Russell County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Spencer County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Todd County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Trigg County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Union County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Aug 22, 2025 |
| Warren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wayne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Whitley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
More from Kentucky: every FEMA declaration in Kentucky.