Emergency Roof Repairs In progress After A Tornado and Hail Strike Waynesboro, Virginia on April 26, 2022

Tuesday afternoon,  April 26, 2022 found Waynesboro Virginia children waiting to be allowed to go home from school, while a tornado and hail ripped through the area, tearing down trees, ripping roofs off of buildings, breaking roof tiles, and creating chaos. The sky became dark and ominous about 1:15 pm, then the rain, hail and heavy winds blew in. William Ramsey, The News Leader’s Executive Editor, who lives in Waynesboro was driving in the area. He said “It was the heaviest daytime rain I’ve ever seen in Waynesboro in years”. In the midst of 15 minutes of a heavy downpour and 10 minutes of pea-sized hail, a tornado tore a track from Fishersville and dissipated near Wayneridge Road in Waynesboro. RestoreMasters dispatched crews to the area in order to assist with the many details relating to clean up, emergency repairs, insurance claims, and restoration.

The tornado left destruction in its wake, breaking and snapping trees and branches, hardwood and softwood alike. A farm on Tinkling Spring Road sustained the most damage in that area, roof and structural damage was caused to the barn, and the farmhouse lost its metal roof, which was found wrapped around the branches of a tree. The lumber from the barn was thrown approximately 125 yards into the air and embedded into the ground in many different directions. Dumpsters were flipped and an office complex sustained structural damage. The tornado’s finale was to cause a large tree to fall onto a home, leaving behind considerable damage before it dissipated.

An area map of Waynesboro, Virginia and neighboring communities, indicates a large swath of hail over 1” (yellow) with some communities getting pelted with hail close to 2” (orange).  Heavy wind (gray) propelled hailstones against homes and roofing systems, causing considerable damage to sidings and roofs. RestoreMasters is providing post-storm assessment, insurance assistance, emergency clean-up and temporary repairs, as home and business owners deal with the shock, since Waynesboro, Virginia is not used to tornado activity. They will continue working in the area, to ensure the citizens receive all the help they need to get back to pre-storm conditions.

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.

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.

Get your roof inspected, even if you think there is no problem, especially if your property falls anywhere within the area of the hail and wind damage map.

Many storm damage symptoms are not always evident immediately.

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

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

We provide services to clients of all types, with hail or wind damage to tile roofing, such as: hospitals, medical facilities, churches, schools, colleges & universities, museums, condos, hotels, warehouses, resorts, retail properties, historical properties, industrial properties, and residential properties.

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

RestoreMasters 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.

Contact RestoreMasters if you need assistance with storm damage repair.

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 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.

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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