Damage from June 6 Texas Hailstorm Estimated at $1B

June 12, 2018

Karen Clark & Co. has estimated the June 6 hailstorm that pummeled North Texas will generate around $1 billion in insured losses to residential and commercial properties and automobiles.

Baseball sized hail was reported in Dallas, Tarrant and Denton counties during the storm.

Hailstorm modeled losses by Zip code. KCC

The hailstorm caused significant damage to automobiles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The majority of residential and commercial damage is expected to occur to roofs, windows, skylights, and solar panels.

Photo: Adam Levin/KCC

KCC noted that the Insurance Council of Texas reported an initial estimate of 20,000 residential structures and 25,000 automobiles damaged.

The storm produced destructive hail for nearly an hour and dissipated south of Arlington around 3:00am CDT on June 6.

Source: Karen Clark & Co.

Related:

Hailstorm Pounds Dallas/Fort Worth Region Overnight

Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Texas

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  • June 19, 2018 at 11:47 am
    Agent says:
    Covered, but must exceed the deductible. Think it would pay on a $40,000 claim with a 2% deductible on a $2mil house????
  • June 15, 2018 at 1:24 pm
    Chris says:
    Knock on wood
  • June 15, 2018 at 11:25 am
    Dallas Underwriter says:
    I can relate. I'm in Plano and in that barely clear zone where we haven't received anything this season; very thankful as my roof just made 2 years after being replaced from t... read more

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