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DR-302-MSDRTornado

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Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi, declared Feb 22, 1971, in 23 counties.

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Declaration
DR-302-MS
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Mississippi
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Feb 22, 1971
Requested
Feb 22, 1971 · request 71024
Incident began
Feb 22, 1971
Incident ended
Feb 22, 1971
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Sep 10, 1975
Fiscal year
1971
FEMA region
Region 4
Designated incident types
Severe storm

Designated areas