Judson Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been replacing roofs up here for over twenty years, and I can tell you Judson gets hit harder than folks realize. We sit right in that corridor where the dry west Texas air collides with the humid Gulf flow, and that clash is a recipe for trouble. When those spring storms roll in—usually March through May, but we’ve seen nasty ones as late as June—they don’t just sprinkle. They come in with straight-line winds that can snap a two-by-four like a toothpick, and the hail isn’t that little pea-sized stuff. We’re talking golf ball to baseball size, and I’ve pulled shingles off houses that looked like someone took a shotgun to them. The geography doesn’t help either; we’re on that flat, open stretch with no hills or tree lines to break the wind, so a storm cell can build up speed for miles before it ever reaches your street.

And it’s not just the big storms you have to worry about. It’s the sneaky ones, the ones that pop up in the middle of the night in August when you’re not even thinking about weather. The heat during the day bakes those asphalt shingles until they’re brittle, and then a sudden cold front or a thunderstorm’s downdraft hits them while they’re still hot. That’s when the wind just peels them right off, or the hail cracks them like an eggshell. I’ve seen homes on the east side of Judson, near the creek, get hit by a microburst that didn’t even show up on the radar until it was on top of them. So when I say your roof is at risk, it’s not a scare tactic—it’s just the reality of living in a place where the sky can turn from blue to black in fifteen minutes, and you better have a roof that can take a beating.