Placedo Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been replacing roofs in this county for over twenty years, and if there’s one thing I can tell you about Placedo, it’s that we’re sitting right in the bullseye of Texas weather. You’ve got the Gulf of Mexico just a stone’s throw to the southeast, and that warm, sticky air rolls in off the coast and hits the cooler air coming down from the Hill Country. That collision doesn’t just make for dramatic sunsets—it stacks up some of the most violent supercell thunderstorms you’ll ever see, especially from March through June. Those storms don’t just pass over; they spin up, and when they do, they drop hail the size of golf balls or bigger, and the wind comes in straight-line gusts that’ll peel shingles right off a deck like they’re stickers.

What makes it worse here is the flat, open terrain. There’s nothing to break up that wind—no hills, no tree lines, just miles of prairie and ranch land. So when a storm rolls through, it keeps its full, raw energy all the way to your front door. I’ve seen homes on the edge of town take hits where the hail comes in at an angle, driven by that wind, and it chews up the leading edge of the roof, the ridge caps, and the gutters all at once. And because our storm season is so long—we get a second round of nasty weather in the fall, too—your roof takes a beating year after year. It’s not a matter of *if* you’ll get hit hard; it’s a matter of *when*, and I’d rather you hear that from me now than after you’re staring at a tarp over your living room.