This directory holds three roofing listings for Petal, Mississippi. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.
Two of them are recorded in Forrest County. The rest are in Perry County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Petal goes through Forrest County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.
Hiring a roofer in Petal: what this page knows
Mississippi requires a state contractor license once a project reaches $10,000; below that a Petal job needs no state license but still needs a local permit. The Mississippi roofing license rules explain the threshold and where it stops applying.
Mississippi's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn season, plus June–November tropical. The Mississippi storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 147 severe-weather events for Forrest County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Petal in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 kt (about 75 mph) on March 11, 2026.
We have not modeled a cost index for Petal. 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.
All Listings in Petal
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Licensing for roofers working in Petal
Mississippi does not license roofers as a trade at every job size. A state contractor credential becomes necessary once a project reaches $10,000, and it is issued by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors.
Below that figure a Petal roofer needs no state license — but the threshold is about state licensure only. It never exempts the work from a permit and an inspection through Forrest County or the city.
Source: Mississippi State Board of Contractors. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.
What roofing work costs
We have not modeled a cost index for Petal, so there is no Petal 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 Forrest County
Petal has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Petal in Forrest County, with some of them in Perry County. The figures below cover Forrest County only. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Petal.
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 147 severe-weather events recorded against Forrest County between 2016 and 2026: 113 thunderstorm wind events, 21 hail reports and 13 tornadoes.
Of the 21 hail reports, 16 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 5 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 1.75 in (Golf Ball) on June 17, 2016.
The strongest wind gust in the record is 78 kt (about 90 mph), an estimated gust, on May 13, 2024. The county record holds 13 tornadoes over the same period.
The busiest complete year in the record is 2020, with 22 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 65 kt (about 75 mph) on March 11, 2026.
Events on record
147
2016–2026
Hail 1.00 in or larger
16
of 21 hail reports
Largest hail
1.75 in
Golf Ball · June 17, 2016
Peak gust
78 kt
about 90 mph · May 13, 2024
Tornadoes
13
in the county record
Significant events
41
by this dataset's definition
Events recorded per year
- 2016
- 15
- 2017
- 19
- 2018
- 8
- 2019
- 9
- 2020
- 22
- 2021
- 9
- 2022
- 22
- 2023
- 12
- 2024
- 19
- 2025
- 10
- 2026*
- 2
* 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
- Apr 6, 2025 -- Tornado (EF2) -- $1.00M property damage reported
- May 13, 2024 -- Thunderstorm Wind (78 kt gust) -- $260K property damage reported
- Jan 21, 2017 -- Tornado (EF3) -- $9.00M property damage reported
- Jun 17, 2016 -- Hail (Golf Ball hail, 1.75 in) -- $3K property damage reported
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
4 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Forrest County since June 1, 2026: 4 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. $13,366,200 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Forrest 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 Petal, MS: questions answered from the data
How many roofing contractors are listed in Petal, MS?
3 roofing listings are recorded at Petal, Mississippi addresses in this directory. 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 Mississippi require a roofing license?
Only above a contract value. Mississippi requires a state contractor license once a project reaches $10,000; below that a Petal job needs no state license but still needs a local permit. The Mississippi roofing license rules explain the threshold and where it stops applying. You can check a credential on the Mississippi authority's own site.
How much does a roof replacement cost in Petal?
We have not modeled a cost index for Petal. 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 Petal?
Mississippi's peak severe-weather season: March–May, with a secondary autumn season, plus June–November tropical. The Mississippi 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 Petal?
In NOAA's record for Forrest 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 thunderstorm wind gust of 65 kt (about 75 mph) on March 11, 2026. The Forrest 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 Petal?
Most listings on this page are recorded in Forrest County, with some in Perry County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Petal goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.