Inola Roofing in the Hay Capital
Inola's storm record is about wind, not hail. A storm chaser measured 90 mile-per-hour gusts here, and the surveys name the county roads where it hit.
Ninety Mile-Per-Hour Gusts, August 2017
On August 6, 2017, a 78 knot storm hit Inola and left two records. The first: it "blew down power poles, uprooted trees, and damaged buildings along the 4210 Road. A storm chaser measured 90 mph thunderstorm wind gusts in the area." The second: it "tore the siding off a home, blew a satellite dish off a home, broke a metal flag pole, and uprooted trees south of Inola."
Siding torn off an Inola house is the detail to notice. When wind strips the walls, it has already worked over the roof edges above them: the drip edge, the rake trim along the gables, the first course of shingles. A roof that came through a storm like that with no obvious holes can still have lifted edges that let the next rain in sideways.
Inola's reporting point logged 18 significant events between 2016 and 2026, and several of them were unusually severe for a town of its size. Its hail record is light, only three events of an inch or larger, the biggest at 2.00 inches on November 29, 2019. In Inola the wind is the thing to plan for.
The Hay Capital of the World
Inola calls itself the Hay Capital of the World, and around here a barn roof is not a minor building. It is what keeps a season's crop sellable.
A leak over stored hay does more than wet a few bales. Damp hay molds and loses its value, and hay that gets wet enough in storage can heat up as it spoils, which is a fire risk as well as a loss. On June 17, 2023, a 75 knot storm "caused extensive tree damage in and south of Inola," and the survey adds: "Metal and wood/brick outbuildings were destroyed." A hay barn is exactly that kind of building.
If you store hay under a metal roof anywhere around Inola, the fasteners, the panel laps and the ridge are what keep it dry, and they are worth checking before the next storm season rather than after a wet stack is found.
Mobile Homes and Rural Exposure
On July 14, 2016, a 70 knot storm at Inola "destroyed a mobile home, and blew others off their foundations." It is one of the starkest records in our Oklahoma data, and it reflects something true of rural property generally: open land gives the wind a long run with nothing to slow it down.
Manufactured homes are especially exposed. Their roofs are often low-slope or metal, with seams that need resealing over time, and some carry a second roof added over the original. On an Inola manufactured home, an inspection should start at those seams and fasteners, because that is where wind and water get in first. The tie-downs that hold the home to its foundation are not roofing work, but in a storm like July 2016 they matter more than anything on top, so it is worth having them checked by whoever set the home.
The Numbered Roads and Highway 412
Inola's storm surveys locate damage by the numbered county roads, which makes the record unusually easy to match to your own address.
Along the 4210 Road
The August 6, 2017 storm damaged buildings along the 4210 Road and took down power poles, with the storm chaser's 90 mile-per-hour measurement in the same area. If you live along that road, your roof was in the area of the strongest gust on Inola's record. Where power lines were pulled down nearby, the edge of the roof facing the wind and any lines entering the house are worth a look.
From the 4160 Road to north of Highway 412
On May 26, 2019, a 70 knot storm "uprooted several trees and snapped large tree limbs in a broad swath from near the 4160 Road to north of Highway 412." A broad swath means a band of properties, not one yard. Uprooted trees go over whole, so anything within a tree's height of the house is in reach.
South of Inola
Two separate surveys put the worst of it south of town: the August 2017 siding and flagpole damage, and the June 2023 tree damage and destroyed outbuildings "in and south of Inola." Properties south of town have taken two of the most severe wind events on the record.
The town itself
Inola got its postal designation in March 1890, and the Dawes Commission platted the town in 1902 ahead of Creek allotment. The name is Cherokee for "Black Fox." Coal mining brought a small boom before statehood in 1907, the Inola Register was founded in 1906 by M.J. Phillippe, and the town had 1,890 people at the 2020 Census.
Neighbors
From our Jenks shop we also serve Catoosa, Claremore and Coweta.
Free Inspection in Inola
We will check the house, the barns and the edges the Inola wind works on, all in one visit. The inspection is free, and every photo is yours.