STORM BRIEF · NOAA PRELIMINARY REPORTS · UPDATED 2026-10-21
Louisiana hail reports, last 90 days.
5 preliminary hail reports on 3 days, 0 of them at two inches or larger. NOAA logs hail from one inch, the size that starts shingle claims. Last report Sep 22. Below: where it hit, then what a roofer may and may not do in Louisiana before the first door.
| Date | Time | Hail | Place | County |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | 20:32 UTC | 1.00" | 4 WNW Sterlington | Union |
| Aug 25 | 23:46 UTC | 1.25" | Napoleonville | Assumption |
| Aug 21 | 20:34 UTC | 1.00" | 2 WNW Gretna | Orleans |
| Aug 21 | 20:32 UTC | 1.00" | 3 NNE Marrero | Orleans |
| Aug 21 | 19:56 UTC | 1.00" | 2 NNW Harvey | Jefferson |
NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports, public domain; times are UTC; sizes are as reported, not surveyed. Full 120-day file: reports.json.
What a roofer may and may not do in Louisiana.
Solicitation and rescission
Federal floor: FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 C.F.R. §§ 429.0–429.1 — a door-to-door sale of $25 or more agreed at the buyer's home carries a 3-business-day right to cancel, with a narrow exemption where the buyer initiated the call for emergency repairs and signs a dated waiver. Checked at law.cornell.edu, 2026-08-15. State law can add to this floor; it… Full entry and sources →
Deductiblesecondary source
La. R.S. § 51:451 bars a person selling goods or services from advertising or promising to pay, directly or indirectly, all or part of an applicable insurance deductible as an inducement, or offering to compensate an insured for providing a service; La. R.S. § 51:452 addresses the resulting contract. [SECONDARY] NICB 'State Roofing Contractor Laws… Full entry and sources →
Contractor adjustingnot located
for Louisiana. This pack does not assert where Louisiana draws the line between documenting a roof and adjusting a claim. Public-adjuster licensing is issued by the insurance regulator, not the contractor board — put the question to the Louisiana Department of Insurance in writing before you negotiate, interpret coverage, or advise the homeowner on what… Full entry and sources →
Licence
State licence Full entry and sources →
Free, no signup: the proposal and contract with the 51-state notices appendix, the supplement packet and the estimate calculator, the supplement and canvass guides, and the roofing calculators. The storm canvass brief in Roofing OS turns a report list like the one above into a neighbourhood plan and a door pitch; see what is inside.
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