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Golf-ball hail at Zilker Park. Quarter-size hail across South Austin and southern Travis County. If your roof was under it, read this.
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On Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2026, a severe thunderstorm tracked straight through South and Central Austin into southern Travis County — right over the neighborhoods we work every week. News crews reported hail from pea to quarter size across the area, with golf-ball-size hail at Zilker Park on Barton Springs Road (as reported by CBS Austin and other local outlets). The core passed near 2 p.m., putting Bouldin Creek, Zilker, Barton Hills, South Lamar, and the 78704 in the thick of it, with the storm continuing south over the 78745 and 78748.
One inch — quarter size — is the well-known threshold where asphalt shingles start taking real damage: granules blasted off, fiberglass mats bruised, seals broken. Golf-ball size (1.75″) does that to almost any shingle roof it touches, plus dents vents, flashing, and gutters. And here’s the part that costs homeowners money: this damage is nearly invisible from the ground and doesn’t leak right away. It shows up as ceiling stains 6–18 months later — long after the storm is forgotten and the claim is harder to make.
Check the ground clues: granule piles at downspouts, dents on your AC unit or mailbox, shingle pieces in the yard. Then get a professional inspection before calling your insurance company — knowing what you have puts you in control. We inspect free, document every slope, and if there’s a claim we handle it start to finish. Denied already? That’s our specialty.
Insurance companies expect prompt notice, and evidence weathers. A free 30-minute inspection now — while the April 30 storm is documented, mapped, and fresh — is worth far more than the same inspection a year from now. We’re local (South Austin is home turf), we’re rated 5.0 on Google, and the inspection costs nothing either way.
Free inspection, honest answer, zero pressure — and if your roof is fine, we’ll tell you.
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