Federal Emergency Management Agency Designates 26 Texas Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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: Texas

Triggering Disaster: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 26, 2024, through June 5, 2024.

Application Deadline: February 12, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Robertson

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Leon, Limestone, Madison, and Milam

Triggering Disaster 2: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 26, 2024, through June 5, 2024.

Application Deadline: February 24, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Coke, Fannin, Lynn, Panola, San Augustine, Shelby, and Sterling

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Louisiana: Caddo, De Soto, and Sabine

Oklahoma: Bryan

Triggering Disaster 3: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 26, 2024, through June 5, 2024.

Application Deadline: March 3, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Anderson, Baylor, Cochran, Delta, Milam, Rockwall, and Rusk

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

New Mexico: Lea and Roosevelt

Triggering Disaster 4: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 26, 2024, through June 5, 2024.

Application Deadline: March 10, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Nacogdoches and Sabine

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible: Angelina, Cherokee, Jasper, Newton, Rusk, San Augustine, and Shelby

Louisiana: Sabine


Triggering Disaster 5: Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding beginning April 26, 2024, through June 5, 2024.

Application Deadline: March 17, 2025

Primary Counties Eligible: Blanco, Cass, Cherokee, Gonzales, Hopkins, McCulloch, Morris, Rains, and Titus

Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:

Arkansas: Miller
Louisiana: Caddo

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.