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DR-14-MSDRTornado

Tornado

Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi, declared Dec 6, 1953, statewide.

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Declaration
DR-14-MS
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Mississippi
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Dec 6, 1953
Requested
Dec 6, 1953 · request 53014
Incident began
Dec 6, 1953
Incident ended
Dec 6, 1953
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Jun 1, 1956
Fiscal year
1954
FEMA region
Region 4

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of Mississippi (statewide designation).