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Severe Storm: FEMA declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has recorded 1,147 declarations with “Severe Storm” as the primary incident type, from 24 Apr 1956 to 7 Oct 2026 . The most in one year was 62, in 2008.

Incident types are FEMA's own classification. See how FEMA declares disasters.These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

Latest declarations

Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
Severe Storms and Flooding West Virginia Severe Storm 7 Oct 2026 DR-4953-WV
Severe Storm and Straight-Line Winds Oklahoma Severe Storm 7 Oct 2026 DR-4950-OK
Severe Storm and Flooding New Hampshire Severe Storm 7 Oct 2026 DR-4947-NH
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Kansas Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4943-KS
Severe Storms and Flooding Iowa Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4942-IA
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding South Dakota Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4941-SD
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Kansas Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4940-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding Missouri Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4939-MO
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding South Dakota Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4938-SD
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Kentucky Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4937-KY
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes North Dakota Severe Storm 1 Sep 2026 DR-4934-ND
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Missouri Severe Storm 3 Aug 2026 DR-4929-MO
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Nebraska Severe Storm 3 Aug 2026 DR-4928-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Kansas Severe Storm 30 Jun 2026 DR-4926-KS
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding Missouri Severe Storm 30 Jun 2026 DR-4924-MO
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Mississippi Severe Storm 30 Jun 2026 DR-4922-MS
Severe Storms and Flooding New Mexico Severe Storm 30 Jun 2026 DR-4918-NM
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Idaho Severe Storm 30 Jun 2026 DR-4917-ID
Severe Storms and Flooding Arizona Severe Storm 29 May 2026 DR-4911-AZ
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Oregon Severe Storm 7 Apr 2026 DR-4907-OR

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Declarations per year

Severe Storm declarations per year, 1956–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with severe storm as the primary incident type, by year declared. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. 2026 is partial: it runs to the latest FEMA record.
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Year Declarations
2026 20
2025 30
2024 44
2023 30
2022 24
2021 14
2020 19
2019 29
2018 17
2017 26
2016 16
2015 24
2014 23
2013 35
2012 28
2011 57
2010 60
2009 48
2008 62
2007 57
2006 46
2005 30
2004 44
2003 40
2002 22
2001 29
2000 34
1999 21
1998 41
1997 26
1996 28
1995 16
1994 20
1993 8
1992 8
1991 5
1990 11
1989 3
1988 0
1987 2
1986 0
1985 1
1984 3
1983 4
1982 2
1981 4
1980 2
1979 6
1978 2
1977 1
1976 3
1975 5
1974 1
1973 5
1972 0
1971 0
1970 2
1969 1
1968 0
1967 0
1966 0
1965 1
1964 0
1963 0
1962 2
1961 0
1960 2
1959 0
1958 0
1957 0
1956 3

By decade

Decade Declarations
1950s 3
1960s 6
1970s 25
1980s 21
1990s 184
2000s 412
2010s 315
2020s 181

States and territories with the most

State or territory Declarations
Oklahoma 52
Kansas 50
Missouri 48
Tennessee 45
Alabama 45
Mississippi 43
Kentucky 41
Nebraska 39
Iowa 34
South Dakota 34