Storm Damage in Alma, AR
Storm damage to a roof is common enough here that most Alma roofs have been under more than one.
Find out what the last storm left on your Alma roof. Bruising hail is regular here, and rarely visible from the driveway.
Crawford County's severe weather on record
What has hit Crawford County, AR lately, pulled from NOAA county storm records. An adjuster reads these same events.
75 mph straight-line winds
MOUNTAINBURG and nearby.
1.75″ golf-ball-sized
KIBLER and nearby.
85 mph straight-line winds
FIGURE FIVE and nearby.
2.50″ tennis-ball-sized
MULBERRY and nearby.
Were you in the house when one of these came through? Hail bruises and wind creases sit where nobody standing in the yard can see them, so a free look soon after a storm is worth it.
Get a Free Storm Inspection →Storm data: NOAA / NCEI Storm Events Database, Crawford County, AR 2023–2026. Updated August 2026.
Checking whether a storm reached your address
Give it a ZIP, or pick a spot in Crawford County, and it reads back the hail and wind NOAA recorded nearby.
No street match? Use the ZIP instead. The search reaches about twelve miles out from the point you give it. Storm data: NOAA / NCEI, Crawford County.
When an Alma roof is telling you it needs help
Storm data is recorded by county rather than by address, which is the honest granularity and the reason nothing here claims a storm hit your street. What the record establishes is what fell in the area and when.
17 hail days on the four-year record
Days on which hail was reported somewhere in the county. It is the figure that puts this area in the bracket where impact-resistant coverings start to make sense.
25 reports, 16 at an inch or larger
An inch is roughly the point at which asphalt shingles start taking damage instead of just noise, so most of the county record sits above that line.
Largest stone two and a half inches
Stones that size damage differently from the inch-and-a-quarter that turns up far more often, and they mark metal and vents as readily as shingle.
Gusts to 85 mph
Wind lifts and creases shingles without removing them, and a tab that has been lifted once seals far less reliably afterwards.
What to do in Alma after a storm
The first day after a storm is worth more than the next month, because evidence is easiest to gather while it is fresh. The steps below are in the order that protects both the house and a possible claim.
From the ground, not the roof
Gutters, downspouts, vents, the air conditioner fins, and anything metal at ground level. Soft metal marks at stone sizes that leave shingles looking fine.
Before anything is tidied
Pictures of what fell and what it marked, taken the same day, with anything that shows scale beside it.
Temporary cover if water is coming in
Carriers expect reasonable temporary protection after a loss and generally reimburse it, so covering an opening does not count against a claim.
The record, then the roof
The record shows what the county saw and when, which is the starting point for tying damage to a date.
Storm questions Crawford County homeowners ask
After a storm, have your Alma roof checked
When did the weather come through, and what have you found since? Send it over and a local roofer checks the roof against the county record for that date.