Wind & Hail Damage Insurance Claims Filed Due To Storms Plaguing Southwest Nebraska On June 7, 2022

Commercial Roofing & Restoration

Disaster Response Team

Jun 8, 2022

​Two to three-inch hailstones dropped with torrential rains and high wind all throughout Southwest Nebraska, as part of a system of storms that harried residents and business owners living and working in their path. Roofs were destroyed, and windows were broken. According to Imperial Republican News, 30-year roofs that were replaced in 2019 due to destructive storms that occurred in September, now have about a 20-year life, but most roofs are being totaled.

Nebraska has a lot of farming communities, and crops were damaged in Chase County, which makes it hard on farmers, as they have a very small window of time to decide to replant. Planting has time periods in order for crops to grow and produce within the growing season. The time period for planting in Nebraska is closing soon.

With so much roof damage, RestoreMasters encourages residential and commercial property owners to take advantage of their free roof inspections, in order to get the best coverage from insurance companies.

The local hail and wind map indicates high wind overlapping in some areas where hail fell which can create a greater impact of hail on roofs and sidings. Light gray areas indicate winds up to 58 – 73 mph, and indigo indicates winds up to 95 mph. Hail up to 1 ¼” is indicated by yellow and orange to dark orange from 1.25 to 2.5”.

Hail Map, Southwest Nebraska, June 7, 2022

Images and videos are posted on social media by residents and news centers:

NOAA’s hail and wind storm damage map indicates incidents of damage throughout southwest Nebraska and surrounding areas:

  • Burr: Storm lasted about 8 minutes.
  • Imperial: 2” diameter hail, most closer to golf ball size.
  • Cook: Hail damage swath between roads 733 and 736, significant damage to four houses along with crop damage, mostly quarter size but some golf ball-sized hail.
  • Genoa: Pea to golf ball size hail.
  • Hazard: Largest stones around tennis ball size, 3” to 3.5” hail and wind gusts near 70 mph,
  • Monroe: Crops destroyed, large amounts of small hail, with some up to quarter size, numerous trees down.
  • Millard: 1-inch hail.
  • Max: Hail measuring 2.13”.
  • Ravenna: Hail ranging from half-inch to 2 inches, four windows on a house, 2 windows on a garage, back window of a car broken, and damage done to a truck due to large hail.
  • Poole: Hail approximately 2” in diameter.
  • Trenton: Golf-ball-sized hail.
  • Culbertson: Quarter to egg-size hail
  • Hampton: Half dollar size hail.
  • Wood River: 2” in diameter hail.
  • York: Half-dollar hail.
  • McCool: Quarter-sized hail.
  • Davey: Wind with large branches down.
  • Ceresco: 50 mph wind, some broken windows.
  • Wilcox: Quarter-size hail.
  • Tobias: Mostly golf-ball-sized hail, but some larger.
  • Eagle: Ping pong ball to baseball-sized hail.
  • Ansley: Power poles are down across tracks.
  • Wauneta: Power out.
  • Litchfield: Siding damage to a home due to wind-driven large hail.
  • Palisade: Trees uprooted or snapped, and roof was blown off.
  • Shelby: Pivot overturned and tree uprooted, wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph, pivots overturned, visibility reduced to 10 feet.
  • Pleasanton: Homes with several broken windows, northeast of Pleasanton.
  • Sterling: One-inch tree limb broken.
  • Hebron: Wood frame outbuilding destroyed, semi-truck turned over.
  • Lenora: Hardwood tree split in half and leaning onto a home, snapped half of the tree damaged several wooden fence panel.
  • Nelson: Damage to a couple of grain bins and other equipment on-site, the tree snapped at the farmstead.

RestoreMasters has been in the area, providing assistance with emergency temporary repairs and insurance claim filing by assisting with roof inspections.

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

Winds as low as 50 mph can cause some older roofs to be damaged.

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.

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.

If your property was anywhere within the storm damage map, it would be best to get your roof inspected, even if you think your roof was not damaged.

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

And insurance company deadlines could hinder your ability to file a claim later.

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.

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 has sustained harm from fallen trees, collapsed roof or any other damage related to hail, tornado or wind storms, call us today.

March 25, 2021 Tornado DamageWe 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.

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 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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