Evant Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been roofing these parts for over twenty years, and if there’s one thing I can tell you about Evant, it’s that we’re sitting right in the heart of a weather war zone. You see how the land rolls out flat to the west? That’s our problem. Those spring storms come barreling up from the Hill Country with nothing to slow them down, and they hit that open prairie like a freight train. We get these supercell thunderstorms that pop up out of nowhere, usually right around April and May, and they’ll drop hail the size of golf balls—sometimes bigger—straight onto your roof. It’s not just the size, either. The wind that comes with those cells will rip shingles right off the deck, and when you combine a 60-mile-an-hour gust with a barrage of ice, it’s like someone took a hammer to your asphalt.

And it’s not just spring, either. Folks forget about the fall, but October and November can be just as nasty. We get those cold fronts that slam into the warm, humid air left over from summer, and that clash creates these violent, spinning updrafts right over our little town. The geography here is the real kicker—we’re in a bit of a bowl, with the Lampasas River cuts and the low hills to the east, and that seems to funnel the wind and make it swirl. I’ve seen roofs on the north side of town that look like a giant took a cheese grater to them, while the south side gets off with a few dings. It’s just the luck of the draw, but the risk is always there. Honestly, if you’ve got a roof that’s over ten years old, you’re playing Russian roulette every time the sky turns green. I’d rather come out and give you a free look now than have you calling me in the middle of a downpour with a tarp and a prayer.