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DR-239-ARDRTornado

Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding

Major Disaster Declaration for Arkansas, declared May 29, 1968, in 26 counties.

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Declaration
DR-239-AR
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Arkansas
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
May 29, 1968
Requested
May 29, 1968 · request 68009
Incident began
May 29, 1968
Incident ended
May 29, 1968
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Dec 14, 1971
Fiscal year
1968
FEMA region
Region 6
Designated incident types
Flood, Tornado, Severe storm

Designated areas

Other declarations for the same event

DeclaredNumberTitleHazardStateAreasPrograms
Jun 5, 1968 DR-242-IL Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding Tornado IL8IAPA