Nunn Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been replacing roofs up here for over twenty years, and if there’s one thing I tell every homeowner in Nunn, it’s that you’re sitting right in the bullseye. We’re out on the high plains, flat as a pancake with nothing but open pasture between us and the Front Range. When those spring storms roll off the Rockies in May and June, they don’t have any hills or trees to break them up—they just barrel across the prairie and pick up speed. That’s when we see the real trouble: hail the size of golf balls coming in sideways at 60 miles an hour. It’s not just the size that gets you, it’s the angle. That wind drives the ice into your shingles like a million little hammers, pitting the asphalt and knocking the granules clean off, which is exactly how you end up with bare spots that leak two years later.

And it’s not just spring—our fall season in September and October can be just as nasty, with those sudden cold fronts that drop out of Wyoming and turn into straight-line wind events. I’ve seen gusts hit 80 or 90 miles an hour out here, and when that happens, it’s not just about missing shingles. That wind gets under the edges, lifts them up, and then the next hailstorm finishes the job by blasting water right into the gaps. The other thing folks forget is that our soil is so dry and sandy that the ground doesn’t absorb much, so you get flash flooding that pools on flat roofs, and if your flashing is already loose from a windstorm, you’re done for. Bottom line: if you live in Nunn, you’re not wondering *if* you’ll need a new roof—you’re just hoping the insurance check covers it before the next big one hits.