Roofing in Jackson means oaks over cottage valleys, hail from an afternoon line, and heat that bakes a ranch field until the granules let go. A Belhaven roof cut into dormers is not a hip roof on a northeast ranch. Say which one leaked, and which room showed it first.
Storms build, dump, and leave the air wet. Water that gets under a tab does not dry quickly, so a small miss at a boot becomes a plaster stain that spreads. Leaves and pollen pack the valley behind a Fondren chimney until rain runs sideways into the wall. Shaded slopes grow a dark film and stay damp. The open slope on a less shaded ranch takes the hail and the sun instead. Both fail. They do not fail alike.
Chimney step flashing on older brick rusts out. Porch roofs with almost no slope hold water against the main wall. Bath fans that were punched through the deck leak around a tired boot and get blamed on the field. Skip sheathing or a soft spot under an old leak changes the repair from a surface job to a deck job. Grit in the downspout after one noisy storm is evidence. Bring that, and say whether the attic shows black nails or daylight.
Clay movement does not lift shingles, but it can rack a house enough that a flashing which was tight starts to open at a wall. If doors have gone crazy with the weather and a leak showed up in the same season, mention both. Do not let that story replace a real hole from a limb. A pecan or oak through a porch is blunt. A stained ceiling with no hole in the roof is a puzzle, and the attic is how you solve it.
Call with the neighborhood and the shape. Dormers, a cross gable, a low porch tie-in, or a simple ranch plane. Name the rooms that stain and whether the leak needs wind to appear. Say if the gutter is full of granules or leaves. Mention Belhaven plaster versus a slab ranch ceiling, because the wet mark shows differently. The trade needs the plane that faces the storm, not a tour of the block. Call the number on this page.