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    Roofing Contractors in Kearney, NE

    12 roofing listings in Kearney, Nebraska · Buffalo County

    12 roofing listings are recorded at Kearney, Nebraska addresses. None of them has a Google rating matched to it yet, so what follows is contact detail rather than reputation data.

    All of them are recorded in Buffalo County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Kearney goes through Buffalo County or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.

    Hiring a roofer in Kearney: what this page knows

    Nebraska does not license roofers; it requires them to register with the state, and that registration covers work in Kearney. The Nebraska roofing license rules explain what a registration number does and does not tell you.

    Nebraska's peak severe-weather season: April–August. The Nebraska storm center lists any National Weather Service alert active right now. NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 195 severe-weather events for Buffalo County between 2016 and 2026 — the county the listings on this page put Kearney in. The most recent event meeting the dataset's severity definition was a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 kt (about 72 mph) on August 14, 2026, a preliminary report that has not yet been through NOAA's quality-control review.

    We have not modeled a cost index for Kearney. 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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    Licensing for roofers working in Kearney

    Nebraska does not license roofing contractors. It requires them to register with the Nebraska Department of Labor, and that requirement covers work in Kearney.

    Registration and licensure are not the same thing — a registration number records that a business completed a filing, and it sits alongside, not instead of, a permit and an inspection through Buffalo County or the city.

    Source: Nebraska Department of Labor. Checked August 2026. Licensing rules change — verify before you sign anything.

    National baseline

    What roofing work costs

    We have not modeled a cost index for Kearney, so there is no Kearney figure here. These are the national baseline bands, unadjusted.

    $5,625–$27,000
    $250–$3,500
    $450–$12,000

    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 Buffalo County

    Kearney has no weather record of its own — NOAA records severe weather against counties, and the listings on this page put Kearney in Buffalo County. These are weather records for the whole county, not an assessment of any building in Kearney.

    NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 195 severe-weather events recorded against Buffalo County between 2016 and 2026: 97 hail reports, 93 thunderstorm wind events and 5 tornadoes.

    Of the 97 hail reports, 78 measured 1.00 in across or larger and 19 measured under an inch. The largest on record is 4.00 in (Softball+) on June 7, 2022.

    The strongest wind gust in the record is 80 kt (about 92 mph), an estimated gust, on December 15, 2021. The county record holds five tornadoes over the same period.

    The busiest complete year in the record is 2022, with 38 events. The most recent event meeting this dataset's severity definition is a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 kt (about 72 mph) on August 14, 2026. That one is a preliminary report and has not yet been through the quality-control review that produces the permanent archive.

    Events on record

    195

    2016–2026

    Hail 1.00 in or larger

    78

    of 97 hail reports

    Largest hail

    4.00 in

    Softball+ · June 7, 2022

    Peak gust

    80 kt

    about 92 mph · December 15, 2021

    Tornadoes

    5

    in the county record

    Significant events

    107

    by this dataset's definition

    Events recorded per year

    2016
    8
    2017
    23
    2018
    12
    2019
    19
    2020
    13
    2021
    15
    2022
    38
    2023
    25
    2024
    35
    2025
    7
    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

    • Apr 26, 2024 -- Tornado (EF1) -- $70K property damage reported
    • May 5, 2023 -- Hail (Ping Pong Ball hail, 1.50 in) -- $8.00M property damage reported
    • Jun 7, 2022 -- Hail (Softball+ hail, 4.00 in) -- $4.00M property damage reported
    • Dec 15, 2021 -- Thunderstorm Wind (80 kt gust) -- $75K property damage reported
    • Jul 9, 2021 -- Thunderstorm Wind (70 kt gust) -- $5.00M 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

    26 preliminary storm reports have been filed for Buffalo County since June 1, 2026: 20 thunderstorm wind events and 6 hail reports. The largest hail in the window is 1.75 in (Golf Ball), reported June 11, 2026. The strongest gust reported is 76 kt (about 87 mph), on June 10, 2026.

    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. $30,186,000 is the sum of NOAA’s recorded property-damage estimates across every event in Buffalo 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 Kearney, NE: questions answered from the data

    How many roofing contractors are listed in Kearney, NE?

    12 roofing listings are recorded at Kearney, Nebraska 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 Nebraska require a roofing license?

    No — it requires registration instead. Nebraska does not license roofers; it requires them to register with the state, and that registration covers work in Kearney. The Nebraska roofing license rules explain what a registration number does and does not tell you. You can check a credential on the Nebraska authority's own site.

    How much does a roof replacement cost in Kearney?

    We have not modeled a cost index for Kearney. 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 Kearney?

    Nebraska's peak severe-weather season: April–August. The Nebraska 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 Kearney?

    In NOAA's record for Buffalo 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 63 kt (about 72 mph) on August 14, 2026, a preliminary report not yet through quality-control review. The Buffalo 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 Kearney?

    Every listing on this page is recorded in Buffalo County. Roofing permits and inspections are issued locally rather than by the state, so a re-roof in Kearney goes through the county or the municipality's own building department, whichever holds jurisdiction at the property.