Storm Damage on an Aubrey Roof
Storm damage on an Aubrey roof can leave it looking untouched from the driveway and still take years off its life.
What the county record actually logs
Hail is recorded at county level; street-level records do not exist. The Denton County record holds 33 hail days and a peak gust of 96 mph, and every one of those entries was logged somewhere in an area that runs well past Aubrey in each direction.
So the file cannot say what landed on your address. What it establishes is that hail of a size that damages asphalt has been landing here regularly, which is the difference between a worry and a question worth answering. The weather is on the record. Only a look at your own slopes says what it did to you.
Denton County storm record, on the books.
The NOAA record logs hail and wind across Denton County. The file describes the weather this area gets. What landed on your own address is a separate question.
Source: NOAA / NCEI Storm Events Database · Denton County 2023–2026 · updated July 2026. Year rows count hail days at 1" or larger; the county figure above counts every hail day on record, at any size. Dated rows are the largest event of each recent year, then the largest remaining on record. These are county-wide reports, and recent storms take time to reach the database.
Damage a newer roof hides well
A mid-life roof still looks sound from the ground, which is exactly the problem after hail. Hail does not care. It bruises the mat and knocks the granules loose, and the roof keeps shedding water while the clock underneath it runs faster.
- Granules collecting in the gutter line or at the downspout outlet, heavier than the usual shed
- Soft dark spots on a shingle where the surface gave under the stone, visible up close and invisible from the driveway
- Dents on the vent caps, the flashing or the gutter face, which take a hit before the shingles show one
- Split or bruised shingles on the slope that faces the weather, with the sheltered slope untouched
- Nothing at all inside the house, which is normal after hail and proves very little
None of these are proof on their own, and a roof can show all five and still be sound. They are the reasons to have somebody go up rather than the answer itself.
Getting the date pinned before a claim
Q1How soon after a hailstorm should the roof be looked at?
Q2Does the county record prove my roof was hit?
Q3Should the damage be repaired before the insurer sees it?
Q4My roof is barely twelve years old. Is hail damage even likely?
Q5Who decides whether a claim is worth filing?
Put a date on your Aubrey storm damage
Send the storm date and the address, and a local roofer walks the slopes and writes down what is up there. Whether that turns into a claim is your call to make afterwards, and there is no obligation attached to finding out.