This directory holds two roofing listings for Waycross, Georgia. One carries a Google rating — 4.1 from 22 reviews.
All of them are recorded in Ware County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Waycross goes through Ware County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Waycross: what this page knows
The most-reviewed listing on this page carries a 4.1 Google rating over 22 reviews — the business's own profile figure, shown as it stands and not a rating by this directory.
Georgia issues no roofing license, so in Waycross the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the Georgia roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
Georgia's peak severe-weather season: March–May, plus August–October for tropical systems. The Georgia storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 47 severe-weather events for Ware County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Waycross in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a tornado rated EF0 on April 7, 2025.
We have not modeled a cost index for Waycross. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both.
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From their Google profile: Howell Roofing Co provides residential and commercial roofing services to the Waycross, GA area.
Licensing for roofers working in Waycross
No state license is required to roof a house in Georgia; city or county licensing usually still applies. The state leaves the roofing specialty to local government.
In practice that makes the local layer the one that matters in Waycross: a business license or contractor registration where the jurisdiction requires one, plus a permit and an inspection through Ware County or the city for the work itself.
Source: Georgia State Licensing Board for Residential and Commercial General Contractors. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Waycross, so there is no Waycross figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.
National reference bands, not quotes and not local numbers. Local labor rates, permit fees and access all move them.
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Storm history in Ware County
Waycross has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Waycross in Ware County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Waycross.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 47 severe-weather events recorded against Ware County between 2016 and 2026: 36 thunderstorm wind events, 7 tornadoes and 4 hail reports.
All four hail reports measured 1.00 in across or larger. The largest on record is 1.00 in (Quarter - Half Dollar) on March 20, 2018.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 60 kt (about 69 mph), an estimated gust, on February 6, 2020. The county record holds seven tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2016, with 11 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a tornado rated EF0 on April 7, 2025.
Events on record
47
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
4
of 4 hail reports
Largest hail
1.00 in
Quarter - Half Dollar · March 20, 2018
Peak gust
60 kt
about 69 mph · February 6, 2020
Tornadoes
7
in the county record
Significant events
15
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 11
- 2017
- 2
- 2018
- 5
- 2019
- 3
- 2020
- 11
- 2021
- 1
- 2022
- 2
- 2023
- 8
- 2024
- 3
- 2025
- 1
- 2026*
- 0
* The most recent data year is partial. NOAA publishes storm reports on a rolling basis and the final months are still being processed, so a low count in the last year is not evidence of a quiet year. The curated archive behind these counts runs through May 31, 2026; anything later sits in the preliminary block below.
Notable events in the archive
- May 20, 2022 -- Thunderstorm Wind (45 kt gust) -- $3K property damage reported
- Sep 16, 2020 -- Tornado (EF1) -- $40K property damage reported
- Feb 6, 2020 -- Thunderstorm Wind (60 kt gust)
- Mar 20, 2018 -- Hail (Quarter - Half Dollar hail, 1.00 in)
Selected by the dataset’s own rule rather than by editorial choice: the largest hail, the peak wind gust, the strongest tornado and the two costliest events by recorded property damage, deduplicated and newest first. Any dollar figure above is NOAA’s recorded estimate for that one event.
Preliminary — not yet in the permanent archive
5 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Ware County since June 1, 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind events.
Preliminary reports covering 2026-05-31 onward come from National Weather Service storm reports filed as events occur. They have not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive, and individual reports may later be revised, combined or withdrawn. NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.
What these counts cover. County figures count events NOAA recorded against a county (hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes). High wind, winter storms, ice storms, blizzards, heavy snow, hurricanes and tropical storms are recorded against National Weather Service forecast zones rather than counties, so they are reported at state level instead. Counts reflect events that were observed and reported.
“Significant” on this page means an event meeting any one of three tests: hail 1.00 in across or larger, a wind gust of 58 kt or more (the National Weather Service severe thunderstorm criterion), or any tornado. It is a severity definition used by this dataset and is not an official NOAA classification.
The damage figure. $48,100 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Ware County over the period — a county total, not a figure for any one property, any one building or any one claim. NOAA records these figures as estimates made at the time of reporting. They are not adjusted for inflation, and they are frequently absent or zero — a zero means nothing was recorded, not that nothing was damaged.
Source. Archived figures come from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database, covering 2016 through May 31, 2026. Anything after that date comes from NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports and is labelled preliminary wherever it appears. Both are US Government works in the public domain.
Roofing in Waycross, GA: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Waycross, GA?
2 roofing listings are recorded at Waycross, Georgia addresses in this directory, 1 of which carries a Google rating. The count is read from the directory's own database each time this page is rebuilt; a listing is a location record, and the list above shows one card per company.
Does Georgia require a roofing license?
No. Georgia issues no roofing license, so in Waycross the city or county's own registration and permit rules are the ones that apply; the Georgia roofing license rules cover what the state does and does not regulate.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Waycross?
We have not modeled a cost index for Waycross. The national baseline puts a full roof replacement at $5,625–$27,000 and a repair at $250–$3,500; local labor, permit fees and access move both. Nobody has priced your roof from this page; the only number worth planning around is a written quote from a contractor who has been on it.
When is storm season in Waycross?
Georgia's peak severe-weather season: March–May, plus August–October for tropical systems. The Georgia storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. Season boundaries are National Weather Service climatology for the state, not a forecast for any one property.
What was the most recent severe storm recorded near Waycross?
In NOAA's record for Ware County, the most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition — hail 1.00 in or larger, a 58 kt gust, or any tornado — was a tornado rated EF0 on April 7, 2025. The Ware County storm history on this page shows the full 2016–2026 record; it describes weather that happened, not the condition of any building.
Which county handles roofing permits in Waycross?
Every listing on this page is recorded in Ware County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Waycross goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.