Storms, Wind, Flooding
Declared for Alabama on Apr 18, 1979, covering 28 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 28 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Autauga County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Chambers County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Chilton County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Choctaw County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Clay County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Coosa County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dallas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| DeKalb County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Elmore County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Etowah County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Fayette County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Greene County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Hale County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Houston County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lamar County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Marengo County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Marshall County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Montgomery County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pickens County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Randolph County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Shelby County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| St. Clair County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Sumter County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Talladega County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Tallapoosa County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Tuscaloosa County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Walker County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
More from Alabama: every FEMA declaration in Alabama.