Work from the ground first. Walk the property line with a phone camera: shingles in the yard, debris, dented gutters and vents, and any tree contact, all photographed with the date on the record. From the street, use binoculars or a zoom photo for the slopes; a wet or debris covered roof is not a place for a homeowner in the first day after a storm.
In College Station, add the tenant step to the storm check. If the home is rented, the check includes the ceilings inside, photographed by the tenant or manager within days of the storm, because a stain reported at the next lease is a stain with no storm date attached. Owners out of town should commission the documented check the way Conroe's absentee owners do: dated, per slope, with any tarp need stated.
Inside, the check is ceilings and the attic hatch: new stains, a drip line, damp insulation. Note which storm produced them, because leaks surface 12 to 72 hours after an event as trapped water moves, and the claim is filed under the storm date, not the discovery date.
Then decide in order: an open roof or active drip is a tarping call today. Damage you can only see as marks and yard shingles is an inspection this week. Either way, keep the photos and any fallen shingles until the assessment is done; they are evidence, not trash.
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