Emergency Roof Repairs After Tornado & Heavy Wind Hit Southeast Louisville, Kentucky on April 13, 2022

There are countless reports of trees down or branches broken, interspersed with reports of roofs peeled off buildings, garages destroyed, barns damaged, outbuildings decimated, parts of homes blown down, construction material blown out of houses, and a trampoline left hanging on power lines. The lower speed winds were in the range of 60 to 82 mph, which can cause significant damage.

Additional reports say a Ford Ranger in Glenmary, KY, parked in a driveway was picked up and slid 11 yards away and left surrounded by house insulation on three sides. One home was in direct contact with 85-90 mph tornadic wind, which got into the house through the attached garage, causing massive structural damage to the roofing, with roof decking and insulation thrown into the trees. The owners of the house reported intense ear pressure when the tornado blew through and around the house. Another tornado, along with straight-line winds did damage throughout South Central Shelby County, strangely leaving some structures unscathed, while decimating others. One of the EF-1 tornadoes straddled Highway 60 twisting and snapping utility poles along its way.

The tornadoes were accompanied by hail over Home Valley and Radcliff of Hardin County. Reports came in of quarter to baseball-sized stones. Damage was inflicted on cars, residential windows, and roofing systems throughout the area. Wind and tornado path maps indicate the widest span of damage was from high winds and tornado activity. Large gray areas on the weather map show areas hit with 58-73 mph wind speeds, dark gray areas indicate wind speeds of 74-95 mpg, while tornado paths are shown as black slivers.

Tornadoes, hail, and even strong winds can cause severe wind damage to roofing systems.

Some older roofs can be damaged by winds as low as 50 miles per hour.

The severity of roof damage depends on several factors including: type and age of roofing materials, presence of flying debris, roof shape and angle, building height and proximity to adjacent structures and the quality of original roof installation.

Getting a roof inspection & property damage assessment after severe weather like this is important for determining whether you need to address roof damage from hail or high winds.

Circumstances do not always allow for immediate repair of roof leaks. In the meantime, an experienced disaster roofing contractor can cover the roof or affected area with a tarp or with a durable plastic shrink wrap material, until such a time when more permanent repairs can be made. We need to stop more moisture damage, so we can prevent mold growth.

Even if you don’t think your roof was damaged, you will want to get your roof inspected if your property falls anywhere within the hail damage map.

Many storm damage symptoms are not always evident immediately.

And insurance companies can require you to get a claim in before their deadline.

Emergency response crews are available to assist commercial property owners with roof damage, frozen pipe damage, siding and window damage, and turnkey restoration services.

The types of clients that consistently rely on RestoreMaster to assist them with hail or wind damage to tile roofing includes: all commercial buildings, hospitals, schools, churches, condos, apartments, hotels, resorts, restaurants, dealerships, retail properties, historical homes & buildings, warehouses and industrial properties.

Call us today, if your building or roofing system has seen damage from fallen trees or collapsed roof or any other damage from hail, tornadoes or wind storms.

RestoreMaster is a hail damage roofing and restoration contractor and provides storm damage restoration services including: commercial and industrial roofing, emergency roof repair, tarping & shrink wrap roofing, tile roof repair, water removal, burst pipe repair, water damage restoration, fire damage cleanup & fire damage restoration, debris cleanup, disaster response, tornado damage roofing & restoration, hurricane damage roofing & restoration, mold remediation, interior restoration and construction services to rebuild your property.

If you need help recovering from storm damage, contact RestoreMaster.

Our team of large loss insurance claim experts works directly with your insurance company to get your facility back to pre-storm condition.

A turnkey restoration contractor, we can help you with all phases of restoration from emergency response services to total build back.

The RestoreMaster team is comprised of professionals specializing in storm damage insurance restoration, including: insurance claims experts, public adjusters, large loss attorneys, roofing engineers, building engineers, interior construction experts, and other experts in the field of damage restoration.

We provide repair, replacement and restoration services due to tornado damage and hurricane damage for the following roofing systems: TPO roofing, metal roofing, tile roofing, slate roofing, asphalt shingle roofing, EPDM roofing, roof coatings, torch down roofing, BUR roofing, SBS-modified roofing, PVC roofing.

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