Montgomery County
Willis, Texas Roofing & Property Protection
Know your roof before you sign anything. The Roof Shepherd brings documentation-first inspection, storm damage documentation, and property guidance to Willis homeowners.
Updated October 23, 2026
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The short version
- Willis, in Montgomery County, is about 163 miles and 3 hours 19 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
- Hail 1.75 inches or larger was reported 9 times near Willis from 2000 to 2026, 165th of the 207 cities on this site.
- 2009 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 1.75 inches on March 27.
- The median home in Willis was built in 1990, and 49 percent of homes here were built before 1990.
- All three of its nearest neighbors had more large hail.
Call or text 512-575-5052 or use Get Help to start with a documented inspection in Willis, Montgomery County.
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Willis At A Glance
What homeowners in Willis should know
How Willis ranks for large hail and home age, and who sets permit rules here.
Willis, in Montgomery County, is about 163 miles and 3 hours 19 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. Roofing permit rules are set locally, and Texas has no statewide roofing license, so we confirm the rules for your address before work starts.
Wind & Hurricane Country
Willis’s roofing risk is wind, hurricane, and derecho more than hail. A written record after any major wind event protects your position before any repair decision. Willis is a Montgomery County city in the Houston & Gulf Coast region, where Gulf hurricanes, tropical flooding and wind shape roof exposure.
Wind & Storm Exposure
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 68 mph, on May 26, 2025. NOAA logged 56 thunderstorm wind reports within ten miles of Willis from 2000 to 2026.
The Homes Here
The median home in Willis was built in 1990, and 49 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 52 percent have newer homes than Willis.
Common Roofing Issues
Wind lifts and creases shingles, moves flashing, exposes decking and lets water in. A documented inspection records those before the next storm makes them worse.
Willis Snapshot
Weather history & local facts
Hail and wind on record near Willis, in Montgomery County, plus a few local facts worth knowing.
Hail and wind on record here
NOAA’s verified record since 2018 within 10 miles of Willis includes 1.25 inch hail at New Waverly on April 18, 2020; 1 inch hail at Willis on April 5, 2023. 23 thunderstorm wind events and 0 tornado reports sit inside the same window. Peak hail months here: May and April. Across Montgomery County as a whole, NOAA logged 26 hail events from 2016 through 2025, with hail to 1.75 inches, plus 73 damaging thunderstorm wind events and 7 tornado reports.
Worth Knowing
Willis sits on the IH-45 corridor north of Conroe, growing fast beside Lake Conroe.
Local Note
Lake Conroe area growth mixes lakefront second homes with new subdivisions, both in the storm path north of Houston.
What the storm record means locally
Storm facts were checked against NOAA and National Weather Service records and local news from the time.
On record
What has actually fallen on Willis
46 hail events are on record within ten miles of Willis, the largest 2.75 inches on May 2, 2000.
Reading the public storm record
To see the days radar recorded hail near your own address, use our hail history lookup.
| Hail events on record | 46 |
|---|---|
| Reached 1.75 in or larger | 9 |
| Largest stone recorded | 2.75 in · May 2, 2000 |
| Busiest year | 2009 · 9 events |
| Most common months | March and May |
| Strongest gust in the archive | 68 mph · May 26, 2025 |
| Radar hail days, 1 in or larger | 254 days · 2000-2026 · largest signature 4.00 in |
| Preliminary reports, last 12 months | none of 1 in or larger on file |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database · Montgomery County · 2000-2026 · within 10 miles of the Willis centroid. Counts are reported events, so they undercount: a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record.
Checked October 23, 2026 against two feeds that do not share the archive's bias: radar hail signatures from the NEXRAD hail detection algorithm (NOAA NCEI Severe Weather Data Inventory, same 10 mile radius, 2000-2026), counted as days with a signature of one inch or larger, and the Storm Prediction Center's preliminary reports for the last 12 months, which are unreviewed and never a competing total. A radar day and a reported event are different units and are not expected to match: the archive needs a witness and undercounts, radar needs none and can flag hail that melted before it landed. What fell on one roof is settled by a documented inspection, not by any of these counts.
Year by year
Hail in Willis, 2006 to 2025
One row per year of hail reports one inch or larger near Willis, newest first, from the weather archive.
Twenty seasons, one row each
One row per year, newest first. Each row counts the hail reports of one inch or larger within ten miles of Willis, from the National Weather Service archive. 15 reports from 2006 to 2025, 4 of them at or above 1.75 inches, golf ball size. Counting only stones of one inch or larger, the busiest year in this table was 2009. If you owned your roof through any of these dates, the row is the reason to know what it took.
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · May 30 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
Show all 20 years (2006 to 2025)
| Year | Reports 1 in+ | 1.75 in+ | Largest stone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · April 18 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 20 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1.75 in · May 2 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · June 12 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1.25 in · March 31 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · November 26 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 in · April 7 |
| 2009 | 4 | 2 | 1.75 in · March 27 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | none reported |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | below 1 in |
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, hail events 2006 through 2025 within 10 miles of the Willis centroid. Reports are observer-driven, so a stone that fell where nobody reported it is not in the record, and small towns are undercounted relative to cities. Full calendar years only; the current year is not shown until it is complete.
Wind & Storm History
Documented storm exposure in Willis
The worst hail seasons near Willis from 2006 to 2025, year by year.
Wind & Hurricane Frequency
NOAA logs 81 verified thunderstorm wind reports within 10 miles of Willis since 1996; the busiest year was 2001 with 8 reports. Hurricane season runs June through November on this coast.
What To Document
Lifted or creased shingles, moved flashing, exposed decking, debris hits, and water getting in after a storm.
The worst hail seasons near Willis, 2006 to 2025
- 2009: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on March 27
- 2017: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on May 20
- 2016: 1 report of hail 1.75 inches or larger, largest 1.75 inches on May 2
Neighborhood Exposure
Neighborhoods across Willis differ in lot elevation, tree cover and roof age. A record of your block beats an estimate for the whole area. After any significant storm, a documented record of visible conditions protects your position.
What the record confirms
Verified storm record for the Houston and Gulf Coast region Willis sits in. Roof condition changes with every season, which is why the homeowner should own the documentation.
May 26 78 mph gust
NOAA verifies a 78 mph thunderstorm gust at Granger on May 26, 2025.
Hurricane Beryl
A July 8 landfall with a 97 mph gust knocked out power to about 2.2 million customers and stripped shingles across the metro.
Hurricane Harvey
A Category 4 landfall that stalled and dropped up to 60 inches of rain, the wettest tropical cyclone in U.S. history, with damage estimated near 125 billion dollars.
May 2 baseball size hail
NOAA verifies 2.75 inch hail in Conroe on May 2, 2000, a baseball size stone.
April 27 golf ball size hail
NOAA verifies 1.75 inch hail in Willis on April 27, 1998, a golf ball size stone.
Where these figures come from
Figures drawn from public NOAA, National Weather Service, and Insurance Council of Texas, U.S. Census, and Texas Department of Insurance records and contemporaneous reporting. Not a formal risk assessment.
Live NOAA record Damaging wind has been reported 1 time in the same period, most recently 59 mph on July 12, 2025. These are NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary reports covering September 23, 2024 to October 22, 2026. A report near a property confirms hail fell nearby. It does not confirm that any particular roof was damaged, and it is not a coverage determination.
About Willis
Local ground truth for Willis properties
Willis sits in Montgomery County in the Houston and Gulf Coast region, home to roughly 7,222 residents (Census Bureau estimate, 2024). Gulf moisture and hurricane-season wind set the roofing risk profile here.
Roof age, by the census
How old the roofs in Willis are likely to be
Census figures on when Willis homes were built, which tells you roughly when their first roofs went on.
When the houses went up
Willis has 2,793 housing units in the Census Bureau's latest five-year estimate. The median home was built in 1990. 72 percent were built before 2000 and 49 percent before 1990; 16 percent have been built since 2010. Half or more of the homes here predate 2000. An original asphalt-shingle roof from that era is at or past the 20-to-30-year service life typically cited for asphalt shingles, and many will already be on a second roof, which is worth confirming from a permit or a receipt rather than assuming.
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 2020 or later | 291 | 10% |
| Built 2010 to 2019 | 171 | 6% |
| Built 2000 to 2009 | 332 | 12% |
| Built 1990 to 1999 | 626 | 22% |
| Built 1980 to 1989 | 1,114 | 40% |
Show all ten brackets (1939 or earlier to 2020 or later)
| Year built | Homes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Built 1970 to 1979 | 211 | 8% |
| Built 1960 to 1969 | 0 | 0% |
| Built 1950 to 1959 | 0 | 0% |
| Built 1940 to 1949 | 8 | 0% |
| Built 1939 or earlier | 40 | 1% |
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 five-year estimates, tables B25034 and B25035, Willis city. ACS figures are estimates with published margins of error; shares are rounded to whole percents. Year built is the structure, not the roof: it says when the first roof went on, not whether it is still there.
Roofer Near Willis
Everything we cover in Willis
All the work we do, in Willis and in all of Montgomery County.
What we cover in Willis
Roofing, painting, gutters and home services, in Willis and across Montgomery County. Willis, in Montgomery County, is about 163 miles and 3 hours 19 minutes by road from our Round Rock base.
Services available in Willis
Every service below is available to Willis homeowners, as it is anywhere in Texas.
All services
Documentation First
Full property capability in Willis, documented first
Documentation You Own
Every visit produces a dated photo and video record of your roof, flashing, decking lines and gutters. You get a written account of what is visible, and your options, before you decide on any repair or claim.
Evidence, Not Pressure
Built on a law enforcement background of 16+ years. You get the record and a clear explanation, the decisions stay yours. No sales pitch, no obligation.
Coordinated & Accountable
In the Houston and Gulf Coast region, the Roof Shepherd team does the roofing work, so the standard stays the same.
Houston Zone
How service works in Willis
How far Willis is from our base, and who handles your project from start to finish.
Who runs the inspection
Willis, in Montgomery County, is about 163 miles and 3 hours 19 minutes by road from our Round Rock base. David Rodrigues, the founder, looks at your Willis roof and writes down what he sees before anyone talks repair or replacement. If you go ahead, The Roof Shepherd runs the job from contract to walkthrough. Our project delivery page explains who does what.
Local Conditions
What is different about working on Willis homes
Willis side by side with its three nearest neighbors on this site.
What roofs face in this market
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Conroe 11, The Woodlands 15 and Cleveland 10 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 9 for Willis. Of the other cities on this site, 52 percent have newer homes than Willis.
| City | Hail 1.75 in+, biggest stone |
|---|---|
| Willis | 9, 2.75 in |
| Conroe (7 mi) | 11, 2.75 in |
| The Woodlands (17 mi) | 15, 3 in |
| Cleveland (24 mi) | 10, 4 in |
Severe hail: reports of 1.75 inches or larger, 2000 to 2026, within ten miles of each city center (NOAA NCEI Storm Events). Miles are straight-line between city centers.
The largest hail recorded near Willis, by date:
| Date | Largest stone |
|---|---|
| February 13, 2005 | 2.75″ |
| May 2, 2000 | 2.75″ |
Permits are a Willis question, not a Texas question. Texas has no statewide building code for residential roofing. Each city and county adopts its own, so the threshold that triggers a permit, the fee, and whether a deck inspection is required before cover-up are all set locally in Montgomery County. A contractor who cannot tell you which jurisdiction issues your permit, and who pulls it, has not done this here often. We pull it in our own name.
Useful locally: City of Willis official site for permit and inspection rules; NWS forecast for Willis before scheduling work.
Storm figures: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events within a 10 mile radius, 2000 to 2026. Windstorm territory per Texas Windstorm Insurance Association county designations.
Exterior & Painting
What Willis homeowners should know about exterior work
Get the roof documented first, since a roof visit often turns up fascia, gutter and trim damage.
Managed by The Roof Shepherd
Exterior work in Willis, from painting and epoxy coatings to siding, drywall, gutters and wood repair, is done here the same way it is done everywhere we work in Texas, by the Roof Shepherd team, start to finish. We document exterior condition during the roof visit so the work starts from an accurate record.
Sequence Matters
Get the roof documented first. Exterior work comes after. A roof visit often turns up fascia rot, pulled gutters and trim damage that change what the exterior job costs before any work begins.
Google Reviews
Homeowner Reviews
David was amazing! Highly recommend for all roofing needs! He’s honest and reliable!
Owner Response
Thank you, Brandie. I appreciate you trusting me with the new construction roof inspection on your home in Lexington, Texas. A new roof should be installed the way the shingle manufacturer's instructions and the building code require, and you deserve to know that before you sign off. I was glad to walk you through what to look for, document what I found, and help you ask your builder the right questions. Thank you for the recommendation. It means a great deal as I keep building The Roof Shepherd one honest inspection at a time.
David did an excellent job replacing our roof and gutters. I was very impressed with how clean they left the yard. They used good quality underlayment, unlike the previous roofer. Great communication. Our insurance adjuster knew who he was and it helped for a very smooth claim process. Highly recommend!
Owner Response
Dr. Liboiron, thank you for the thoughtful review. It was a privilege to help with your roof replacement and gutter installation in Pflugerville, Texas. I’m glad the communication, cleanup, underlayment selection, and overall installation process stood out to you. We try to treat every roofing project with clear documentation, quality materials, and a clean jobsite from start to finish. I also appreciate you mentioning how smooth the process felt. That kind of trust matters, especially when a homeowner is navigating a roof replacement and coordinating details along the way. Thank you again for allowing me to serve your family.
I recently got a roof installed and my trim painted with this company. The process was simple — David helped me pick out colors for the roof, and I had no idea there were so many to choose from. I appreciate David and his crew for taking care of my home and respecting my property by making sure everything was masked and cleaned up by the end of the process. These guys were on time, efficient, took care of everything I asked for, kept me updated throughout, and took care of the small details I was picky about. I would highly recommend!
Owner Response
Sloan, I really appreciate you taking the time to share this. It was a pleasure helping with your roof installation, trim painting, and the color-selection process. I’m glad the process felt simple and that the crew respected your property with proper masking, cleanup, and communication throughout the project. Those details matter, especially when we are working on someone’s home. Thank you again for trusting The Roof Shepherd with your roof and painting work.
Nearby
Nearby areas we serve
Nearby cities we also serve
The Roof Shepherd also documents and serves these Houston and Gulf Coast communities. Distances are straight-line miles from the center of Willis, and each hail figure is the count of NOAA-verified hail events within 10 miles of that city since 2018:
Willis FAQs
Common questions in Willis
Does The Roof Shepherd serve Willis regularly?
Yes. Willis is about 163 miles and 3 hours 19 minutes by road from Round Rock, our home base. We work across Texas, and Montgomery County is part of that.
How often does large hail hit Willis?
Hail 1.75 inches or larger, golf ball size, was reported 9 times within ten miles of Willis from 2000 to 2026. That ranks 165th of the 207 Texas cities on this site, and 29th of 53 in Houston & Gulf Coast. The largest stone on record within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 measured 2.75 inches, on May 2, 2000.
When is hail season in Willis?
From 2000 to 2026, hail within ten miles of Willis came most often in March and May. The busiest single year in that record was 2009, with 9 reports of every size.
What was the worst recent hail year in Willis?
2009 was the worst season here from 2006 to 2025: 2 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, the largest 1.75 inches on March 27. The table on this page lists every year.
How does Willis compare with nearby towns for hail?
Nearby, from 2000 to 2026: Conroe 11, The Woodlands 15 and Cleveland 10 reports of hail 1.75 inches or larger, against 9 for Willis.
How old are the homes in Willis?
The median home in Willis was built in 1990, and 49 percent of homes here were built before 1990. Of the other cities on this site, 52 percent have newer homes than Willis.
What is the strongest wind on record near Willis?
The strongest thunderstorm wind gust reported within ten miles from 2000 to 2026 was 68 mph, on May 26, 2025.
How much does a new roof cost in Willis?
It depends on the roof’s size, pitch, material, decking and vents. We look at your roof in Willis first, so any price you weigh fits its real condition. Our price guides for all four trades are on the RPGs page.
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