Severe Winter Storm

Declaration

DR-4899-MS

Type

Major Disaster Declaration

State or territory

Mississippi

Incident type

Winter Storm

Declared

Feb 6, 2026

Requested

Feb 3, 2026 · request 26020

Incident began

Jan 23, 2026

Incident ended

Jan 27, 2026

Incident period

5 days

Closed out

not yet

Last day to apply for IA

Jun 10, 2026

Fiscal year

2026

FEMA region

Region 4

Designated incident types

Winter storm

Designated areas

The declaration covers the whole of Mississippi (statewide designation), plus the 82 areas listed below.

• Adams County
• Alcorn County
• Amite County
• Attala County
• Benton County
• Bolivar County
• Calhoun County
• Carroll County
• Chickasaw County
• Choctaw County
• Claiborne County
• Clarke County
• Clay County
• Coahoma County
• Copiah County
• Covington County
• DeSoto County
• Forrest County
• Franklin County
• George County
• Greene County
• Grenada County
• Hancock County
• Harrison County
• Hinds County
• Holmes County
• Humphreys County
• Issaquena County
• Itawamba County
• Jackson County
• Jasper County
• Jefferson County
• Jefferson Davis County
• Jones County
• Kemper County
• Lafayette County
• Lamar County
• Lauderdale County
• Lawrence County
• Leake County
• Lee County
• Leflore County
• Lincoln County
• Lowndes County
• Madison County
• Marion County
• Marshall County
• Monroe County
• Montgomery County
• Neshoba County
• Newton County
• Noxubee County
• Oktibbeha County
• Panola County
• Pearl River County
• Perry County
• Pike County
• Pontotoc County
• Prentiss County
• Quitman County
• Rankin County
• Scott County
• Sharkey County
• Simpson County
• Smith County
• Stone County
• Sunflower County
• Tallahatchie County
• Tate County
• Tippah County
• Tishomingo County
• Tunica County
• Union County
• Walthall County
• Warren County
• Washington County
• Wayne County
• Webster County
• Wilkinson County
• Winston County
• Yalobusha County
• Yazoo County

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