Mount Pleasant Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been replacing roofs in this county for over twenty years, and I can tell you firsthand that Mount Pleasant sits right in the bullseye for some of the nastiest weather in Texas. We’re tucked into that rolling piney woods region, but don’t let the pretty scenery fool you. When those spring storms roll in off the plains, they slam right into the change in elevation and tree line, which forces the wind to squeeze and speed up like a river through a narrow canyon. That’s why we’ll get straight-line gusts of 60 or 70 miles an hour that just peel shingles back like sardine cans, and the hail that comes with it isn’t that little pea-sized stuff—we regularly see golf ball and even baseball sized stones that hit with enough force to bruise the decking underneath, even if the shingle looks okay from the ground.

And it’s not just a one-and-done deal in the spring. We get a second nasty round in late summer and early fall when those Gulf hurricanes push their outer bands right over us, spinning off supercell thunderstorms that drop hail in narrow, violent swaths. The problem is, our homes are mostly older construction with steep pitches and lots of valleys, which are perfect for catching debris and channeling water right into weak spots. Plus, the humidity here means that after a big hail hit, the granule loss happens fast, and then the sun bakes those exposed fiberglass mats until they crack. So when you see a storm warning on your phone, I don’t blame you for holding your breath—because I’ve seen what a twenty-minute hailstorm can do to a roof that looked fine the day before, and it’s not pretty.