Work from the ground first. Walk the property line with a phone camera: shingles in the yard, debris, dented gutters and vents, and any tree contact, all photographed with the date on the record. From the street, use binoculars or a zoom photo for the slopes; a wet or debris covered roof is not a place for a homeowner in the first day after a storm.
Beaumont version of the check: photograph for the windstorm file. Yard shingles, damaged slopes, dented soft metals, and interior stains, all dated to the storm, recorded the way a TWIA market expects. Then the certification question: note the roof's age and any prior windstorm paperwork you hold. On this coast the documentation standard is set by the insurance regime itself, and a check done to that standard serves both the repair and the claim.
Inside, the check is ceilings and the attic hatch: new stains, a drip line, damp insulation. Note which storm produced them, because leaks surface 12 to 72 hours after an event as trapped water moves, and the claim is filed under the storm date, not the discovery date.
Then decide in order: an open roof or active drip is a tarping call today. Damage you can only see as marks and yard shingles is an inspection this week. Either way, keep the photos and any fallen shingles until the assessment is done; they are evidence, not trash.
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