Commercial Roof Inspections in South Dakota & Iowa for Derecho Wind & Hail Damage Insurance Claims After Storm on July 5, 2022

The sky turned green as if an omen that one of the worst imaginable high wind and hailstone storms would ravage hundreds of miles of South Dakota and Iowa on Tuesday, July 5th. Green skies and hurricane-force winds are signatures of a “derecho” that has property owners across two states needing emergency roof repair. RestoreMasters has commercial roof inspection services and repair teams in South Dakota and Iowa to help.

“Hail roughly 4 inches in diameter was reported just north of Timber Lake in Dewey County. That’s about the size of a grapefruit. Grapefruit-sized fell near Timber Lake during Tuesday’s derecho,” the Aberdeen News reported in South Dakota. “A 91 mph wind gust was reported about 4 miles north of Agar in Sully County. The region largely saw wind gusts between 70 and 90 mph, with a handful of 80 mph wind gusts reported in Hand County.”

Iowa residents sustained similar damage, and commercial building owners are urged to request a complimentary roof inspection. A prompt commercial roof inspection helps fast-track insurance claims and fund a permanent solution after emergency roof repair efforts secure the building.

A local high wind and hailstorm damage map shows the massive derecho storm stretching from the Northwest corner of South Dakota to Davenport, Iowa. The enormous light and dark gray areas indicate high winds. The darker areas are where intense straight-line and hurricane-force gusts literally tore roofs off buildings.

The yellow, orange and purple swaths point to hailstone strikes, primarily in Northwest South Dakota. Yellow shows ice up to 1.25 inches making landfall. The orange spaces point to hailstones up to 1.75 inches in diameter pounding rooftops. But the purples concentrations are where hailstones the size of grapefruits shattered windshields, damaged roofing systems, and left building owners with leaking roofs.

Some roofing systems can be severely harmed by damage from heavy winds, tornadoes, or hail.

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

The intensity of roof damage is determined by various factors: the velocity and impact of flying debris, the quality of the original installation, the building height and location in relation to other buildings, the angle and shape of the roof, and the material used on the roof.

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.

In situations where you've got a leaking roof, experienced disaster roofing contractors can stop the leaks temporarily, by laying tarp or by using a durable shrink-wrap plastic membrane in the affected areas, or even over the entire roof. This will keep your building protected until permanent repairs can take place. This will help prevent mold infestation from water leaks.

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.

Symptoms of storm damage problems do not always show up immediately.

And deadlines from insurance companies could hinder you from filing a claim later.

Emergency response crews are available to provide property owners with assistance in turnkey restoration services, as well as assistance with frozen pipe damage, window damage, siding damage, and roof damage.

The types of clients that consistently rely on RestoreMasters 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.

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.

RestoreMasters is a disaster restoration contractor, providing storm damage restoration from hail, tornadoes, fire and flood, responding to emergencies in disaster situations, by aiding with repair of commercial and industrial roofing, tile roofs, providing temporary solutions to cover damaged roofs with tarp or shrink wrap.

We also provide clean up of storm debris, water damage cleanup, frozen pipe burst cleanup, restoration after water damage, mold remediation, tornado damage roofing & restoration, hurricane damage roofing & restoration, interior restoration and construction and much more. We also provide fire damage cleanup & restoration.

Contact RestoreMasters if you need help fixing storm damage.

Our team, comprised of large loss claims experts works directly with your insurance company to help get your business back into operation again as soon as possible.

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

The RestoreMasters team of professionals includes: public adjusters, insurance claims experts, large loss attorneys, roofing and building engineers, interior restoration crews, and many more professionals specializing in insurance restoration for storm damage.

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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