Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates Four Oklahoma Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Three Texas Counties Also Eligible for Assistance

This Presidential disaster declaration allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation, or to refinance certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available, and repayment ability.

Impacted Area: Oklahoma

Triggering Disaster 1: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 24, 2024, through May 9, 2024.

Application Deadline: January 16, 2024

Primary County Eligible: Cotton

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Comanche, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman

Texas: Clay and Wichita

Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 24, 2024, through May 9, 2024.

Application Deadline: January 17, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Johnson, Pittsburg, and Tillman

Texas: Wichita and Wilbarger

More Resources

On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Loan Assistance Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local USDA Service Center.

FEMA offers different assistance programs for individual citizens, public groups including government agencies and private nonprofit organizations.  To find the FEMA help you need following a disaster event, visit fema.gov/assistance.