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Cherokee County: FEMA DR-4940 (Severe Storm), September 1, 2026
Public notice for Cherokee County. On September 1, 2026, FEMA recorded a major disaster declaration DR-4940-KS that lists Cherokee County as a designated area. FEMA titled the action "Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding". The incident type on the county row is Severe Storm.
Public notice for Cherokee County. On September 1, 2026, FEMA recorded a major disaster declaration DR-4940-KS that lists Cherokee County as a designated area. FEMA titled the action "Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding". The incident type on the county row is Severe Storm.
The incident period on the record runs from June 4, 2026 through June 15, 2026. The declaration type code is DR. Disaster number 4940. State KS (Kansas). Designated area as printed by FEMA: Cherokee (County).
FEMA marks Public Assistance as declared for this designated area.
This is a county-level FEMA disaster-declaration notice grounded only in the public OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries record and FEMA's disaster page for 4940. It does not list a street address or a dollar amount. It is not a National Weather Service warning, and it is not a live homepage emergency pin. Confirm the current record on FEMA's disaster page before you rely on it for aid, appeals, or deadlines: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4940.
Source: the public notice on this register NN-FEMA-134 · fema.gov.
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