Elizabeth City · Winfall · Edenton · the Albemarle
Carolina Trophy Roofs serves Elizabeth City and the Albemarle from our Greenville office, about 78 miles away. We do not have a finished Elizabeth City job to show yet; the two roofs on this page are nearby, a waterfront home in Winfall finished in July 2026 and a brick ranch in Edenton photographed by drone.
Pasquotank County's NOAA storm file is small but not quiet: 25 roof-relevant events since 2016, most of them thunderstorm wind, and an EF1 tornado on March 17, 2025 that also crossed into Perquimans County. The record is further down this page.
Two insurance-claim re-roofs in Perquimans and Chowan counties, next door to Pasquotank. Towns only; no streets, no house numbers.
Inspected in May 2026 and finished in July. The new architectural shingles are a warm gray blend with a ridge vent along the main ridge; the second photo shows new black flashing where the roof meets the brick chimney.
Re-roofed in July 2023 in brown-blend architectural shingles. The drone photos show the main house with its carport and front porch, and the brick outbuilding done to match.
We do not have an Elizabeth City office. The Albemarle is served from our Greenville office at 1414 Forbes St, about 78 miles away in a straight line, and from our main office in Rocky Mount. Call (252) 302-2003 to set up an inspection.
Wind-lifted and missing shingles, and leaks at chimneys, vents and flashing. An active leak gets a tarp first.
Full re-roofs in architectural shingles with ridge ventilation and new chimney flashing, as on the Winfall job above.
Waterfront roofs on the Pasquotank and the Albemarle Sound take wind first. A free storm inspection walks every slope and photographs it.
Pasquotank County is inside North Carolina's coastal area. Carolina Trophy Roofs is a FORTIFIED Certified Roofer, building to the IBHS standard for high wind.
Low-slope and metal roofs and roof coatings for Elizabeth City businesses and churches.
Storm record · Pasquotank County
What the public record says about roofs in Elizabeth City and the rest of Pasquotank County
The Pasquotank County record splits three ways. Of 25 roof-relevant events NOAA logged between 2016 and 2026, 21 were thunderstorm wind, 3 were hail and 1 was a tornado. None of those is the county's defining threat the way hail is in some neighbouring counties and wind is in others.
That changes what a useful inspection looks like. A hail inspection reads the field of the roof — bruising, granule loss, dents in soft metal. A wind inspection reads the edges — eaves, rakes, ridge, flashing — because that is where uplift starts. In a county with a record shaped like this one, both are worth doing, and the question that narrows it down is which system came through most recently. The most recent roof-relevant entry in the Pasquotank County file is dated Mar 17, 2025 (Tornado).
The $137,000 figure is NOAA's reported property damage for the whole of Pasquotank County from these storms, 2016–2026 — a county-wide reporting total. It is not the cost of a roof, and it is not an amount paid to any property owner.
Event descriptions as recorded in the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
* 2026 is a partial year — the record runs to the most recent update of the source, not to the end of the year, so its bar is not comparable with the others. A year showing zero had no recorded hail, tornado or thunderstorm-wind event in this county.
The communities nearest Elizabeth City reach into 5 other counties, and those counties do not share Pasquotank County's record:
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 2016-2026, Pasquotank County (U.S. Government work, public domain). Counts cover roof-relevant event types only — hail, tornado and thunderstorm wind. Records are county-level; NOAA does not log these events by street address.
FORTIFIED on the coast · Pasquotank County
Pasquotank County is in North Carolina’s CAMA coastal area — why the standard keeps coming up on roofs in Elizabeth City
Wind is 21 of the 25 roof-relevant events NOAA logged in Pasquotank County between 2016 and 2026, against 3 hail events and 1 tornado. The strongest gust in the file is 55 kt, measured on Aug 9, 2019.
At the FORTIFIED Roof level the standard is five requirements: a sealed roof deck, ring-shank deck attachment in an enhanced nailing pattern, a wider drip edge with a fully adhered starter, a covering carrying the required wind rating, and attic vents tested against wind-driven rain. All five are settled while the roof is stripped and invisible the day after, which is why the standard turns on photographs of concealed work rather than on how a finished roof looks from the driveway.
FORTIFIED is a voluntary resilience construction standard published by IBHS — a way of building a roof and documenting how it was built, not a warranty, a claims service, or a promise about any storm. Carolina Trophy Roofs is a FORTIFIED certified roofer: we build to the standard and photograph the concealed work. The evaluator has to be a separate party from the installing roofer, and IBHS issues the designation after reviewing what that evaluator submits.
How a FORTIFIED roof is built and verified in Eastern North Carolina
Counts from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 2016-2026, Pasquotank County. Requirements as published by IBHS.
Storm damage · Elizabeth City, NC
Elizabeth City sits on the Pasquotank River near the Albemarle Sound. Pasquotank County's file is short, mostly thunderstorm wind with a few inch-plus hail reports, but its most recent entry is an EF1 tornado in March 2025. Waterfront roofs take wind and wind-driven rain first, along the eaves and rakes facing the water.
The public record backs that up. Between 2016 and 2026, the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database logged 25 roof-relevant storm events in Pasquotank County: 3 hail, 21 thunderstorm-wind and 1 tornado report. The largest hail in the file measured 1.50 in. (Ping Pong Ball) on Aug 9, 2019. The strongest measured gust was 55 knots on Aug 9, 2019, in the unit the source records. One entry in the county file reads: “Mar 17, 2025 -- Tornado (EF1) -- $10K property damage reported”.
Free storm inspection
Every slope walked and photographed — hail bruising, wind creases, lifted flashing, soft-metal dents — and the findings written up so you can read them.
Emergency tarping
Open roof covered to stop water entering while the claim and the permanent repair are arranged. Call (252) 302-2003 any hour.
Repair or replacement
GAF, Owens Corning, CertainTeed, Atlas and IKO systems installed by a certified crew, with the option of building the new roof to the FORTIFIED standard.
The full process — what to do in the first hour, what an inspection looks for, and the storm profile for all six counties we serve most — is on our storm damage roof repair guide for Eastern North Carolina.
Pasquotank County is inside the coastal area, so check whether a separate windstorm policy or a named-storm deductible applies before filing an Elizabeth City roof claim. The North Carolina Department of Insurance says every homeowners policy in the state requires you to give prompt notice of a loss, make reasonable emergency repairs and keep the receipts, and that the insurer should acknowledge receipt of your claim within 30 days. Carolina Trophy Roofs documents the damage, meets the adjuster on your roof in Elizabeth City, and handles the claim paperwork from the first photo to the final invoice. Read the step-by-step North Carolina roof insurance claims guide for deductibles, depreciation, deadlines and what to do if a claim is denied.
For deductibles, depreciation and deadlines in more detail, see the North Carolina roof insurance claims guide.
We inspect the whole roof, photograph what we find and tell you whether you have a claim, a repair or nothing to worry about. Call (252) 302-2003 or book online. Want a number before anyone visits? The instant estimate gives a price range for your roof in about a minute.