Tornadoes, Torrential Rain & Flooding
Declared for Missouri on Apr 21, 1979, covering 17 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 17 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Girardeau County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Dunklin County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Jefferson County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Lincoln County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Maries County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Mississippi County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| New Madrid County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pemiscot County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pike County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Pulaski County | IA declaredPA not declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Scott County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| St. Charles County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| St. Louis County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| St. Louis city | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Ste. Genevieve County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Stoddard County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
| Texas County | IA declaredPA declaredHM not declared | Yes |
More from Missouri: every FEMA declaration in Missouri.