We have heard it all before, but this time we might actually get some substantial icy weather in Denton County.

A Winter Storm Watch in is effect from Thursday afternoon through Friday for Denton County.

Forecasters from the National Weather Service said Monday that a cold front will move into the region on Wednesday, followed by an even colder arctic front on Thursday.

Rain will begin on Thursday and will likely be ongoing as temperatures fall below freezing, potentially transitioning to freezing rain Thursday evening into Friday.

If it all comes together, ice would initially accumulate on elevated surfaces such as bridges and overpasses, but main road surfaces could also become slick as the storm progresses. Some sleet may also occur by Friday afternoon.

A break in the precipitation is expected Friday night into Saturday. But temperatures will likely be near or below freezing again Saturday night into Sunday when another round of wintry precipitation may occur.

As always, there is considerable uncertainty in the forecast, but weather officials advised that residents should still prepare for potential disruptions to travel on Friday which may linger throughout the upcoming weekend.

Heavy rain doused parts of North Texas on Thursday night, causing flight
delays and power outages.


Dallas had received a little more than 2.2 inch of rain by 10 p.m., according
to the National Weather Service. Fort Worth got 1.42 inches.


There were few reports of damage late Thursday. But the National Weather
Service warned of minor street flooding in some areas.


At Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, a few flights had been delayed
and 35 flights were been diverted because of the storm, airport spokesman David
Magana said. The FAA also issued a “ground stop” for traffic heading to the
airport until the weather cleared up.


Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie canceled its last two races of the evening,
and events at Addison’s Oktoberfest were disrupted.


Oncor reported more than 2,900 customers without power in Dallas County and
nearly 7,000 in Collin County. Earlier in the night, more than 7,700 Tarrant
County customers had their power knocked out, but the number had declined late
Thursday.


North Texas is at the center of a convergence of weather events, beginning
with the remnants of two tropical storms — Ingrid, which had been in the Gulf,
and the former Pacific-dwelling Manuel.


“They’ve kind of blended into one mass of moisture moving north into South
Texas, and we’re getting pieces of that,” National Weather Service meteorologist
Steve Fano said.


The National Weather Service predicted that isolated storms and pockets of
rain will continue through Friday morning's rush hour. More minor
flooding is possible. Friday’s high temperature should be 83, with a low of
79.


It should be mostly sunny through the weekend, with highs ranging from 86 to
90. Low temperatures are expected to drop to the low to mid-60s Sunday and
Monday.

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LANCASTER, Texas -  
   For some, the storms served as a frightening reminder of the damage the 
weather can do here in North Texas. It's been nearly a year since tornadoes tore a destructive path through  several cities.
  Lancaster residents said the pounding hail Saturday morning made it tough not to Panic.  When Margaret Wooden looked out of her window, she saw hail flooding the streets and front yards
Wooden thought it could be a tornado roaring through her Lancaster 
subdivision much like last year. Her neighbor Alisha Simmons thought the same thing.                   Her husband went into a panic.
  Saturday's inclement weather stripped leaves off of trees, covered the grass 
with hail and knocked out power to residents.
Barely a blip on the radar when compared to last year's EF-2 tornado on April 
3rd that left a seven mile path of destruction.

Many of the people 
hardest hit are still struggling to rebuild.

One resident said houses in the neighborhood have not been fixed from last 
year's vicious storm.

Despite all of the damage, not one person died.

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Outside 

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Roof ridge-vent allows the  outside air that enters to escape out  the
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the attic and roof. 

Moisture

Moisture can be released from
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using a dishwasher  or taking  a shower. Moisture is one of the leading causes
of damage to  rafters, shingles,  walls and insulation within homes. 

Roof  ridge vents help to release  moisture from homes, which is
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Ventilation

With  the help of wind, a
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Other Systems
 
Another  benefit of roof
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  How To File a Claim

  If you live in Flower Mound
and the surrounding areas and
you recently received hail large enough to cause damage to  your roof,
then you will want to know how and when to file an
insurance claim for  damages. If you're not sure whether your home has been
damaged by hail, start  by examining other objects around your house for signs
of damage before calling  your insurance company or pulling out your ladder.
Hail strong enough to damage  a roof will also cause damage to nearby cars, wood
fences, shutters, gutters  and/or exterior siding. Also, a significant amount of
shingle granules appearing  at the end of downspouts may indicate potential
damage; however, granule loss,  in and of itself, does not prove hail
damage.

The following steps
will help make filing a claim a lot easier for
you:

1. Note the date. 
If you know for sure that you've recently had a hail
storm, note the date.  You'll need this date to file a claim. If you didn't take
any picture of the  hail storm yourself, do an internet search with the name of
your city and the  keywords, "hail storm." You ought to find a lot of pictures
of people showing  the size of the hail. Save a few to show the
agent.

2. Get a qualified opinion. 
If you suspect you have damage to your roof from a hail storm,
get several  opinions from qualified roofing companies. If you are in an area
susceptible to  hail, you will most likely find several that list themselves as
hail damage  specialist. Simply tell them that you suspect you
have damage from a recent hail  storm and they'll be more than glad to come and
give you an estimate. Always check their references, BBB, Yp.com (yellow pages
online), Angie's List, Yelp,
etc...)

3. Meeting the roofing companies. 
When the roofing
companies come, spend some time getting to know them and ask  about the service
they provide. Most will spend about 10-20 minutes on your roof  accessing the
damage. Ask them what they think and if they'd recommend that you  call your
insurance company to file a claim. Get business cards and any  information they
provide about the roofing process that they use.  Ask them all if
they'd be willing to be there  when the insurance adjuster comes to access the
damage. I think as a general  rule, if they are not willing to be there, then
they really don't think you have  much of a chance in getting your claim
approved.

4. Filing the claim. 
This is the easy part.
If the roofing companies recommended you call in a  claim, just call your
insurance company and tell them you want to file a claim  for hail damage. They
will then request all the pertinent dates and data from you  and will probably
also ask if you have any interior damage. It's probably not  necessary, but when
I put in my claim, I made sure that I told them that I  already had several
roofing companies who specialize in hail damage look at my  roof and tell me it
needed replacing. Also know this, in most states you have up  to one year to
file a claim for damage. Although I don't recommend you wait that  long, just
make sure you know what the date, or dates, of the hail storms.  Also, don't
worry about how old your roof is because it doesn't matter. The  insurance
company will look at your claim and settle it if you have damage no  matter how
old it is. The last thing they want is for your roof to fail (leak)  and you put
an even larger claim
in.

5. Meeting the insurance  adjuster. 
When the insurance adjuster comes, there will  not be much
for you to do. Hopefully, you'll have a contractor who agreed to  meet the
adjuster with you. The adjuster will take about a half hour to access  and
(should) take pictures of any damage and then explain the next steps to 
you. Some companies may give you a settlement quote right  then,
but many can take up to a couple weeks. When the adjuster is done, your 
contractor, or contractors, will probably compare notes with the adjuster mainly
  to see if the total roof measurements are about the same. In a case where the 
adjuster states they didn't think there was any significant damage, ask your 
contractor to debate it with them. Even if you didn't have one there at the 
time, and you later tell your roofing company what the adjuster said, most 
insurance companies will send their adjuster back for a re-inspect to discuss
with your  contractor.

When the adjustor
leaves. Well hopefully, they gave you a favorable  indication about a
settlement, so the next thing you want to do is make sure you  get written
quotes from the roofing companies you've been working with. Start  thinking
about which one you are going to select, and make sure you take into 
consideration a company's reputation and not just the price or discounted rates 
they're offering you. Also ask them for a discount or upgrade if you should 
bring them more business. If you had hail damage, then it is likely your 
neighbors had damage, and you might as well benefit by recommending a roofer to 
them.

6. Getting the work done. 
If your insurance company approves your claim, you will most likely get 
enough, less your deductible, to complete the work. If it's not enough, your 
contractor should help you dispute the amount based on the work needed. 
Don't be alarmed if your insurance company depreciated the amount 
allocated for repairs because of roof age. They are just holding back some of 
the money until the work is complete. So, if they hold back $700 for 
depreciation and the actual cost of work is a little more then they sent you, 
all you have to do is send them a letter of completion from your contractor with
  the exact amount when the work is done and they'll send you the 
difference.


             And that's it; a new roof for the price of your 
deductible!


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Shape 
Hailstone shape is important because it affects the manner in which the impact energy from a falling hailstone is transferred to the material it strikes.

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A conical hailstone hitting at the wide end will spread the energy of its impact over a larger area than a hailstone hitting at the narrow end. The smaller surface area of the narrow end will concentrate the force of the hailstone strike, which increases the chance of hail damage.

About 75% of hailstones are spherical, conical or ellipsoidal in shape – ellipsoidal being like a slightly squashed sphere.  Spherical is by far the most common shape, especially with small and medium-sized hail.

Occasionally, hailstones will form unusual geometrical shapes. Individual damage marks from stones like these will not fit the typical profile, although the overall pattern of damage across the roof and elsewhere around the home site will not be affected by hailstone shape.

Directionality

“Directionality” is a term used to describe the fact that hail usually blows in from a certain direction. Since hail is associated with storms, the roof slope and elevation facing the direction of the oncoming hailstorm will suffer the most severe damage. Although supercells in the West generally move from the Southwest toward the Northeast, this can vary.

The concentration of damage should vary according to which direction each home elevation faces. This photo shows a home that had 10 hits in the siding at the back of the home, but no hits at the front or sides.

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The hail was not orange and did not do in the dog, although it may have clipped him. This area was hit by tennis ball-size hail. No wonder this poor dog is tired.

Hail can hit all exposed surfaces, so evidence of the direction from which hail came should be apparent on a number of different types of surfaces, and not just on the roof.  Evidence of hail damage may be visible on a number of items around the home.  This is called collateral damage. Examining collateral damage may give you useful information.

Occasionally, hail will fall almost straight down, and, in these situations, damage on different slopes may be similar, and collateral damage may be limited.

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When you perform on-site inspections, you should see evidence of hail which is consistent in its directionality. If hail blew in from the Southwest, you would expect to see the most severe hail damage on surfaces facing that direction.

If you see hail damage of similar severity on both the north and south sides, that’s not consistent with damage from a single hailstorm, but is more likely to be damage from two separate hailstorms. You should compare the damage from each side, and look for signs that indicate damage of different ages. We’ll talk more about how to do that later.

Angle of Impact

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Hail falling in storms with higher wind speeds will impact at a steeper angle than hail falling through calmer air.

The severity of damage from the angle of impact should be consistent with other evidence of directionality that you see on various surfaces around the property.

Blown hail will also produce more collateral damage than hail falling closer to straight down.

No need to struggle deciding which repairs you will make to your Roofing damage- you have enough to think about. Your insurance will cover the cost of your roofing repairs. We are a roofing company that knows the complete ins and outs of what needs to be done to completely take care of your roofing repair At Above All Roofing we will take care of the whole insurance process for you. Call us today at 214-901-7161 for your free evaluation.