Emergency Roof Repair Crews Dispatched As Bolivar, Missouri, Pounded By Hail On Thursday, April 21, 2022

Polk County, Missouri, residents huddled under tornado threat as Bolivar took heavy hail roof damage and flooding on Thursday, April 21, 2022. RestoreMasters notified commercial roof repair professionals in advance to support property owners immediately after the storms pass.

Area news crews reportedly interviewed Bolivar community members who endured raging winds and hard ice impacts. City of Bolivar Emergency Management Director Brent Watkins and property owners agreed the fast-moving storm left piles of ice and roof hail damage.

“It just started pattering, and then all the sudden, it just started, the wind started blowing really, really hard, and hail just started hitting the windows. I honestly thought that the windows were going to break,” one resident reportedly told KY3 news. “First instinct was to just take cover and get away from the windows and stay low because the last thing I need is being hit by hail. I’m not going to lie, it was quite scary. And seeing the wind and the hail, it was just, Wow.”

Media reports noted that a funnel cloud may have touched down west of Fair Play just over the Cedar County line. Early reports did not indicate any injuries or fatalities, but “property damage is abundant.” Officials have also reportedly stated that insurance companies are expected to cover the cost of residential and commercial roof repair.

A local hail damage map shows a massive storm stretch from Stockton Lake to the west of Conway, with smaller fronts hovering to the east and south of Stockton. Areas on the periphery of the hailstorm, shown in yellow, indicate hail up to 1.25 inches fell in Conway, Halfway, along Highway 65, and Bona, among others. The orange spaces show hail up to 2.5 inches able to crack shingles striking Bolivar, Boyd, Ekland, and Aldrich, among others.

Strong winds can rip open some roofing systems and cause severe roof wind damage.

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.

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.

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.

Some storm damage symptoms take time to appear.

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

Commercial property owners can depend on RestoreMasters emergency response crews to assist them with catastrophic roof damage, siding and window damage, frozen pipe damage, and turnkey restoration services.

Our clients include: schools, hospitals, hotels, churches, resorts, retail, warehouse, industrial, and other commercial properties as well as residential properties with hail or wind damage to tile roofing systems.

If your building recently sustained damage due to wind, hail, falling trees, collapsed roof, or other storm-related issues, give us a call today.

We are RestoreMasters, a restoration contractor specializing in wind & hail damage roofing, providing storm damage restoration services including: disaster response, commercial and industrial roofing, tile roof repair, emergency roof repair with tarp or shrink wrap, debris cleanup, water removal, pipe burst cleanup, water damage restoration, tornado damage roofing & restoration.

In addition to that, we respond to disaster situations with: hurricane damage roofing & restoration, mold remediation, interior restoration and construction, windows & doors, and other services to rebuild your property. We also provide fire damage restoration.

Contact RestoreMasters if you need help fixing storm damage.

As large loss claims experts, our team works directly with your insurance company to get your facility back on its feet.

We are a turnkey restoration contractor providing help with all phases of restoration from emergency cleanup services to complete build back of your property.

The RestoreMasters 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.

Types of roofing systems we repair & replace: 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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