Severe Winter Storm
Declared for Arkansas on Jan 28, 2009, covering 48 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 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 an emergency declaration is
An emergency declaration is narrower and usually comes fast, often before or during an event. It mostly pays for emergency work such as evacuations, shelters and debris clearance, and federal help under one is capped at $5 million unless the President finds that more is urgently needed and reports that to Congress. Help for individual households is rare under an emergency declaration.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baxter County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Benton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Boone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Carroll County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Clay County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cleburne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Conway County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Craighead County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crawford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Crittenden County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Cross County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Faulkner County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Franklin County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Fulton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Garland County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Greene County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Independence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Izard County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jackson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Johnson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lawrence County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Logan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lonoke County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Madison County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Marion County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Mississippi County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Monroe County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Montgomery County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Newton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Perry County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Poinsett County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Polk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pope County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Prairie County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pulaski County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Randolph County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Saline County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Scott County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Searcy County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sebastian County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sharp County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| St. Francis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Stone County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Van Buren County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Washington County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| White County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Woodruff County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Yell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
Same event, other declarations
| Declared | Declaration | Where | Households can apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 2008 | Severe Winter StormEM-3296-MA · Emergency | Massachusetts | No |
| Dec 13, 2008 | Severe Winter StormEM-3297-NH · Emergency | New Hampshire | No |
| Dec 15, 2008 | Severe Winter StormEM-3298-ME · Emergency | Maine | No |
| Dec 18, 2008 | Severe Winter StormEM-3299-NY · Emergency | New York | No |
| Jan 2, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1812-NH · Major disaster | New Hampshire | No |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1816-VT · Major disaster | Vermont | No |
| Jan 28, 2009 | Severe Winter StormEM-3302-KY · Emergency | Kentucky | No |
| Jan 30, 2009 | Severe Winter StormEM-3303-MO · Emergency | Missouri | No |
| Feb 6, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1819-AR · Major disaster | Arkansas | No |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1822-MO · Major disaster | Missouri | No |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1823-OK · Major disaster | Oklahoma | No |
| Mar 2, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1826-IL · Major disaster | Illinois | No |
| Mar 4, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1827-NY · Major disaster | New York | No |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Severe Winter StormDR-1828-IN · Major disaster | Indiana | No |
More from Arkansas: every FEMA declaration in Arkansas.