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.

Severe storms, bringing hail, strong winds, or tornadoes can cause severe roof damage, by ripping off roofing systems.

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

Several factors will determine the severity of roof damage: the height of the building and proximity to nearby structures, the quality of work by the original installers, the shape and angle of the roof, the age and type of roofing materials, and the impact from debris.

Following severe weather like this, it’s important to get a thorough roof inspection & property damage assessment to determine whether or not you have roof damage from hail or wind.

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 problems do not produce symptoms right away.

And insurance companies sometimes enforce deadlines for claims, so you need to get your claim filed quickly.

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.

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.

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

As one of the nation’s leading large loss claims experts, our team of independent adjusters works directly with your insurance company to help expedite the process and get your facility back to full operation in no time.

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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