Hail Damage Roof Repair Specialists Alerted to Destructive Hailstone Strike in McCook, NE, on June 5, 2022
Commercial Roofing & Restoration
Widespread automobile and roof damage left property owners in McCook, NE, reeling after hailstones the size of grapefruits smashed windshields and cracked shingles on Sunday, June 5th. RestoreMaster immediately contacted emergency roof repair technicians to respond and secure any roof with hail damage before water penetrations cause further losses.
Residents of Red Willow County were largely taken by surprise as early warning weather alerts underestimated the girth of hard ice that left a wake of destruction. Residents were forced to shelter in place as massive ice chunks pummeled the area, inflicting hail damage on roofs in residential neighborhoods and business districts alike.
A local hail damage map paints a humbling portrait of a hailstone storm that pounded Red Willow county. A pair of overlapping hailstorms intersect at Indianola, where crossing yellow bands indicate hail as large as 1.25 inches in diameter peppered areas along Highway 34. The storm cells stretch as far east as Bartley and south across Route 89.
The lighter orange sections highlight places where hail up to 1.75 inches around struck communities and the darker orange swaths demonstrate hailstones as large as 2.5 inches made landfall. The dark purples section at the eye of the hailstorm signifies hailstones as large as 4 inches made direct hits on cars, trucks, and structures in McCook.
Posts from local social media by residents and storm chasers:
Look at that hail fog! This was an amazing supercell near Lexington, NE., on 6/4/2022. pic.twitter.com/FaXbirrJc6
— Tim Grooms (@tim_grooms) June 5, 2022
Golf ball and bigger hail now at 7:36 pmcst in Indianola NE @NWSGoodland pic.twitter.com/fQFljg794i
— Kristeena (@rbfirewife) June 5, 2022
Hail that fell in Indianola around 7:30 PM Saturday.
— Regina Bird (@ReginaBirdWX) June 5, 2022
(Photos Courtesy Jordan Arnold) pic.twitter.com/QwEdloEfeq
Take a look at this hail stone out in Indianola, Nebraska from earlier this evening!
— John Dissauer (@johndissauer) June 5, 2022
Courtesy: Andrew Conway#NEwx | @NWSGoodland pic.twitter.com/wObmSnNUZi
The National Weather Service confirms the massive ice strikes in Red Willow County and the surrounding area. A national tornado, high wind, and hailstorm damage map shows a wave of intense weather systems moving across Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, with isolated storms in the Northwest and Southern states. The final tally for Sunday, June 5th, reached two tornados, 28 high wind events, and 73 hailstorms. Wide-reaching accounts of the massive ice strikes and strong winds in Southeast Nebraska reported the following.
- Bartley: Wind gusts reached 60 mph and were accompanied by heavy rainfall.
- Danbury: Hail the size of golf balls covering the area were posted on social media.
- Indianola: Pushed by winds that reached 64 mph, hail the size of quarters smacked windshields, house siding, and roofing systems.
- Lexington: Facebook posts by residents show ice the size of ping pong balls blanketing the Dawson County community. Wind gusts reportedly hit 64 mph just after 8 pm.
- McCook: Widespread reports of hail the size of softballs were trending on social media. Some indicated ice as large as a grapefruit smashed property and likely caused roof leaks. Wind gusts reached 60 mph as the storm raged through the municipality.
The annual Nebraska hailstorm season usually runs through July, and it’s important to have a thorough roof inspection conducted following a severe weather incident. Hail the size of a golf ball can crack shingles and dent metal roofing system, making roof leak repair necessary.
Few structures can take hits from hailstones the size of a softball without requiring a roof repair contractor to secure leaks and replace badly damaged sections. RestoreMaster recently deployed emergency roofing crews to Okemah and Wetumka, OK, after grapefruit-sized hail inflicted property damage on May 15, 2022.
Tornadoes, hail, and even strong winds can cause severe wind damage to roofing systems.
Some older roofs can sustain damage from only 50 mph winds.
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.
It’s important to get a thorough roof inspection & property damage assessment following severe weather like this so that you can determine whether you have roof damage from hail or high winds.
If roof leaks do occur, an experienced disaster roofing contractor can stop leaks with tarping or shrink wrapping, where affected areas (or the entire roof) are covered with a durable shrink-wrapped plastic membrane till permanent repairs can take place. That way you can prevent mold growth from water intrusion.
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.
Some storm damage problems do not produce symptoms right away.
And insurance companies can require you to get a claim in before their deadline.
Commercial property owners can rest assured that emergency response crews are available to assist with window, siding and roof damage, frozen pipe damage, as well as turnkey restoration services.
We serve the following types of property owners with hail or wind damage to tile roofing: hospitals and clinics, schools, universities, institutions, churches, condos, hotels, resorts, retail properties, warehouses, mult-family, historical properties, industrial properties and residential properties.
If your building has sustained harm from fallen trees, collapsed roof or any other damage related to hail, tornado or wind storms, call us today.
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.
As a turnkey restoration contractor, we step in at the beginning with emergency response services and will stay with you throughout the entire process till your property is built back.
Our team of professionals includes: insurance claims experts, public adjusters, building engineers, roofing engineers, interior construction experts, large loss attorneys and other professionals specialized in storm damage insurance restoration projects.
We do repair, replacement and restoration services on the following roofing systems: TPO roofing, metal roofing, tile roofing for hail damage, slate roofing, asphalt shingle roofing from hurricane damage, EPDM roofing, roof coatings, torch down roofing, BUR roofing, SBS-modified roofing repair, PVC roofing.
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