Thompsons Forensic Weather & Hail Impact Report

Look, I’ve been replacing roofs out here for over twenty years, and I can tell you Thompsons gets hit harder than folks realize. We sit right in that sweet spot between the Gulf and the piney woods, which means when those spring squall lines roll through—usually March through May—they’ve had all that warm, moist air from the coast to supercharge them. The storms don’t just pass over; they stall and spin, and that’s when you get those giant, grapefruit-sized hailstones coming down sideways. The wind isn’t a straight-line blow either, it’s more like a tornado’s little cousin, whipping up from the southwest and catching the eaves of your roof at just the wrong angle, lifting shingles before the hail even has a chance to bruise them.

What really makes it worse is our flat, open terrain. There’s no hills or tree lines to break up that wind, so it barrels across the fields and hits your house with the full force of a freight train. And because we’re so close to the Brazos River bottom, the ground stays damp and warm, which feeds those thunderstorms all night long. I’ve seen roofs that looked fine in October get shredded by a single May storm—the granules end up in your gutters like black sand, and the hail dents the flashing so bad it pulls away from the chimney. It’s not a matter of *if* you’ll need a repair, it’s a matter of *when*, and I’d rather you hear it from me now than from your insurance adjuster after the next big one.