Wind Damage

What Wind Does

1. Creasing. Wind lifts the shingle, folds it back, and it lays down again looking untouched. The crease is a fracture in the mat and a permanent water path. This is the most common wind damage we document and it requires lifting shingles to find
2. Seal failure without displacement. The shingle is still nailed and no longer sealed, so the next wind event takes it off
3. Blow-offs, exposing underlayment or bare deck
4. Ridge and hip cap loss, since cap shingles take the highest exposure
5. Torn or lifted flashing, and drip edge peeled back

Wind And Hail Arrive Together

Most North Texas storms bring both and they interact. Hail fractures the sealant strips, which removes the shingle's wind resistance. The next windstorm, possibly weeks later, then lifts and creases shingles that would have held. That sequence matters for a claim, because damage appearing after a later wind event can originate in the earlier hail.

Emergency Tarping

If shingles are gone across a section the roof is open and the next rain goes into your house. We tarp first and scope after. Tarping is a legitimate line item on a wind claim. Do not get on a wet or wind damaged roof yourself.