StormLead Pro
Help & Documentation

Everything you need to know.

Learn how to find storm-damaged roofing leads, understand risk scores, set up alerts, and get the most out of StormLead Pro.

Getting Started

StormLead Pro helps roofing contractors find homeowners with storm-damaged roofs before the competition. It combines real NOAA radar hail data with actual property addresses to surface your highest-probability leads in seconds.

To get started, sign in or try the live demo. No credit card is required during the demo period.

1

Search a neighborhood

Enter any address and pick a radius. We pull every nearby property and check it against hail records.

2

Review risk scores

Each property gets a High / Medium / Low risk rating based on real hail size and recency.

3

Save & contact

Save your best leads, enrich them with owner contact info, then export or start outreach.

Searching for Leads

From the Search page, enter any address — a street address, intersection, city, or ZIP code — and choose a search radius (0.5 to 50 miles). Hit Analyze Neighborhood and results appear within seconds.

Reading the results

Each property card shows the address, a color-coded risk badge, the largest recorded hail size, the most recent storm date, and the number of storm events on record. Properties are sorted highest-risk first by default.

Map view

Click the Map tab to see every result pinned on a Google Map. Pins are color-coded by risk level — red for High, yellow for Medium, green for Low — so you can immediately see where storm damage is concentrated.

Saving leads

Click the bookmark icon on any property card to save it to your lead list. You can save individual leads or use the Save All High Risk button to capture every High-risk property in one click.

Risk Scores & Hail Sizes

Risk scores are calculated from three factors: the largest hail size on record for that property's location, how recently the storm occurred, and the number of separate hail events. Larger, more recent hail = higher score.

HIGH

Hail ≥ 1.0" recorded within the past 2 years. Roof damage is likely — these leads are your best opportunity.

MEDIUM

Smaller hail or older events. Worth a call — some damage may not have been repaired yet.

LOW

Minimal or marginal hail on record. Lower priority, but still in your search area.

NWS Hail Size Reference

Hail sizes follow the National Weather Service coin comparison scale:

🟡 Pea 0.25"
🔵 Marble 0.50"
🪙 Penny 0.75"
🪙 Nickel 0.88"
🪙 Quarter 1.00"
🪙 Half Dollar 1.25"
🏓 Ping Pong 1.50"
Golf Ball 1.75"
🥚 Hen Egg 2.00"
🎾 Tennis Ball 2.50"
Baseball 2.75"
🥎 Softball 4.00"+

Saved Leads

The Saved Leads page is your working lead list. Every property you save from a search lands here. You can filter by risk level, search by address or owner name, and track each lead through your sales pipeline.

Lead statuses

Move leads through your pipeline by setting their status:

NEW Just saved — not yet contacted.
CONTACTED You've reached out by phone or email.
QUOTED An estimate has been provided.
CLOSED Job won — roof replacement scheduled or complete.
DEAD Not interested, unresponsive, or already repaired.

Notes

Each lead has a notes field. Click the notes icon on any row to add call logs, observations, or follow-up reminders. Notes auto-save.

CSV Export

Click Export CSV at the top of the Saved Leads page to download your full lead list. The export includes address, owner name, phone, email, risk level, hail size, and current status — ready to drop into any CRM or dialer.

Owner Enrichment

Enrichment pulls the property owner's name, phone number, and email address from public parcel records and data providers — so you can start outreach without manual skip tracing.

To enrich a lead, click the lightning bolt icon on any row in Saved Leads. The enrichment runs in the background and fills in the owner's contact details within a few seconds.

Data providers used

  • Regrid — public parcel data for owner name and property details (free tier: 25/day)
  • Whitepages Pro — phone and email lookup (~$0.22/record)

Enrichment data comes from public records. Availability varies by county and state.

Storm Alerts

Storm Alerts watch your territory for you. Instead of checking back every day, you define the areas you work and StormLead Pro emails you the moment qualifying hail is detected — so you can be the first roofer on the phone after a storm.

Setting up a watched area

  1. Go to Alerts in the navigation.
  2. Enter an address or city name in the Add Watch Area form.
  3. Choose a radius (5, 10, 25, or 50 miles).
  4. Set your minimum hail size threshold — alerts only fire when hail meets or exceeds this size.
  5. Click Add Watch Area. You can add multiple areas to cover your full territory.

How alerts work

StormLead Pro checks for new hail events every 30 minutes using Tomorrow.io weather data. When a hail event meets your radius and minimum size criteria, you receive an email with the storm details and a direct link to search that neighborhood for leads. Each unique storm event triggers at most one alert per watched area — no duplicate emails.

Email setup

Alerts are delivered via your own SMTP server. Contact your administrator to configure the outbound email settings. Once configured, alert emails arrive from your own domain — which also improves deliverability.

You can pause or reactivate any watched area at any time using the toggle on the Alerts page. Paused areas will not trigger emails but remain saved for when you need them.

Data Sources

NOAA SWDI — Hail history

The National Weather Service Severe Weather Data Inventory contains verified NEXRAD radar hail signatures going back 10+ years. No API key required — completely free and publicly available.

Tomorrow.io — Recent & live hail data

NOAA data has a ~120-day processing delay for recent events. Tomorrow.io fills that gap with near-real-time storm data and powers the Storm Alerts feature. Free tier covers 500 requests/day.

OpenStreetMap / Overpass API — Property addresses

Real residential addresses pulled from the OpenStreetMap Overpass API. Covers the entire US with no API key or usage fees. Address density varies by region.

Regrid — Parcel & owner data

Public parcel records including owner name, property type, and year built. Free Starter plan includes 25 lookups/day.

Whitepages Pro — Phone & email lookup

Appends phone numbers and email addresses to enriched leads. Pay-per-record (~$0.22/lookup). Only called when you click the enrich button on a lead.

Google Maps — Geocoding & map display

Used for address autocomplete, geocoding (address → lat/lng), and the interactive map view.

Frequently Asked Questions

All hail data comes from NOAA's NEXRAD radar network and Tomorrow.io — no estimates, no ZIP-code averages. Every risk score is based on an actual recorded hail event at or near that property's coordinates.
NOAA SWDI data is typically 90–120 days behind real time due to NWS processing delays. For recent storms, StormLead Pro automatically supplements NOAA with Tomorrow.io data, which is updated within hours of a storm. Storm Alerts use Tomorrow.io exclusively and fire within 30 minutes of detection.
Address coverage depends on OpenStreetMap data density in that area. Rural or recently developed neighborhoods may have fewer addresses on record. You can always enter a specific address directly in the search bar even if it doesn't appear in the results list.
Yes. Click Export CSV on the Saved Leads page to download your full lead list. The CSV includes address, owner name, phone, email, risk level, hail size, year built, status, and notes — compatible with any CRM or dialer that accepts CSV import.
When you click the enrich button on a lead, StormLead Pro queries Regrid for the public parcel record (owner name, year built, property type) and then Whitepages Pro for a phone number and email address. Results appear within a few seconds. Enrichment quality depends on public record availability in that county.
Yes — and that's the point. Watched areas are territory-based, not lead-based. An alert fires the moment hail hits your watched area, even if you have zero leads there yet. It's designed to get you into a new neighborhood before you've ever worked it.
Currently unlimited. You can add as many areas as you need to cover your full territory.
Yes. Your saved leads, notes, and watched areas are tied to your account and are never visible to other users. The demo account is shared — avoid saving sensitive information while using the demo.
Any standard SMTP server works — Gmail, Outlook, or a private mail server. StormLead Pro uses STARTTLS on port 587 by default. Contact your administrator to configure the outbound email settings in the app.

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