May 2006 – Bow NH 3A Highway and Businesses Flooded by Turkey & Merrimack Rivers

Since 1973 when FEMA began declaring major disasters or emergencies, the Central NH region of Merrimack and Hillsborough Counties have experienced varied severe weather events. In recent memory 2000-2019, also the beginning of Hazard Mitigation Plan development, the region suffered through 12 major disaster (DR-) declarations and 6 emergency (EM-) declarations. From 1973-2019, a total of 21 major disasters and 7 emergencies were declared here which released federal Public Assistance (PA) aid funding to the region’s communities, schools, and public agencies for disaster recovery, and often Individual Assistance (IA) was made available for personal assistance. Although disasters tend to strike multiple NH counties, only those which were declared in the Central NH region were included in the table below. Usually, whenever a disaster is declared in one NH county, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds become available to the rest of the state for large mitigation projects.

As of October 1, 2019

FEMA DR- or EM- Year FEMA Disaster Name/Local Disaster Name Incident Period Includes County
Merr Hill
4355 2017 Severe Rain and Wind Storm Oct 28-30 M
4209 2015 Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm – January Blizzard Jan 26-28 H
4105 2013 Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm – February Snowstorm Feb 8-10 M H
4095
EN-3360
2012 Hurricane Sandy Oct 26-Nov 8 EM-M EM-H
4049
EM-3344
2011 Severe Storm and Snowstorm – Halloween Snowstorm Oct 29-30 EM-M H
4026 2011 Tropical Storm Irene Aug 26-Sep 6 M
1913 2010 Severe Storms and Flooding – March Flooding & Winds Mar 14-31 M H
1892 2010 High Winds, Rain, Snow Feb 23-Mar 3 M H
1812 2008 Severe Winter Storm – December Ice Storm Dec 11-23 M H
1799 2008 Heavy Rains and Floods – September Flood Sep 6-7 M H
1782 2008 Tornado, Severe Winds, Heavy Rains – July Tornado July 24 M
1695 2007 Severe Storms and Flooding – April Spring Flood Apr 15-23 M H
1643 2006 Severe Storms and Flooding – Mother’s Day Flood May 12-23 M H
1610 2005 Severe Storms and Flooding – Columbus Day Flood Oct 7-18 M H
EM-3207 2005 Snowstorm – Snow Emergency Jan 22-23 EM-M EM-H
EM-3193 2003 Snowstorm – Snow Emergency Dec 6-7 EM-M EM-H
EM-3177 2003 Snowstorm – Snow Emergency Feb 17-18 EM-M EM-H
EM-3166 2001 Snowstorm – Snow Emergency Mar 5-7 EM-M EM-H
1231 1998 Severe Storms and Flooding Jun 12-Jul 2 M H
1199 1998 Ice Storms – January Ice Storm Jan 7-25 M H
1144 1996 Severe Storms and Flooding Oct 20-23 M H
1077 1995 Storms and Floods Oct 20-Nov 15 M
EM-3101 1993 Blizzards, High Winds and Record Snowfall Mar 13-17 EM-M EM-H
917 1991 Severe Storm – Hurricane Bob Aug 18-20 H
876 1990 Flooding and Severe Storm Aug 7-11 M H
789 1987 Severe Storms and Flooding Mar 30-Apr 11 M H
771 1986 Severe Storms and Flooding Jul 29-Aug 10 H
399 1973 Severe Storms and Flooding Jul 11 M H

http://www.fema.gov/disasters/grid/state/33?field_disaster_type_term_tid_1=All

M = Merrimack County (18 Towns in CNH region)
H = Hillsborough County (2 Towns in CNH region)