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DR-574-ARDRTornado

Tornado

Major Disaster Declaration for Arkansas, declared Apr 11, 1979, in 8 counties.

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Declaration
DR-574-AR
Type
Major Disaster Declaration
State or territory
Arkansas
Incident type
Tornado
Declared
Apr 11, 1979
Requested
Apr 9, 1979 · request 79033
Incident began
Apr 11, 1979
Incident ended
Apr 11, 1979
Incident period
1 day
Closed out
Aug 18, 1982
Fiscal year
1979
FEMA region
Region 6

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