Draft:2011 Askewville tornado

{{Main page|Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011}}

On April 14, 2011, a strong system was discovered over the Appalachian Mountains, urging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to show a slight chance for a tornado to spawn. Moisture and heating helped the system increase vertical wind shear. Moisture moving north from the Gulf of Mexico helped strengthened the probability along Texas, which was also affected by the system, causing a tornado outbreak in 2011,{{Cite web |last=Barton |first=Brad |date=2011-04-14 |title=Updated Severe Weather RIsk |url=https://www.wbap.com/article.asp?id=2161084&SPID=35649 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308091138/https://www.wbap.com/article.asp?id=2161084&SPID=35649 |archive-date=2012-03-08 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=WBAP}} with the Askewville tornado included.{{Cite web |title=Storm Events Database - Event Details {{!}} National Centers for Environmental Information |url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=304929 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=National Climate Data Center-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}

On April 16, 5:55 p.m., EST, a tornado touched down {{Convert|1|mi|km|abbr=off}} south of Askewville, North Carolina. A suspected cyclic re-development caused a split in the tornado tracking for about {{Convert|5|mi|km|abbr=on}}. After moving for {{Convert|19|mi|km|abbr=on}}, the storm lifted east of Harrellsville on 6:06 p.m. Most of the damage caused by the tornado suspects that the storm had an EF2 to EF3 intensity.

On the east side of Askewville, numerous structures were destroyed. In Hertford County, numerous other homes were destroyed. A total of 12 deaths were counted from the storm. Two of the deaths were from a mobile home while ten of them came from a permanent home. Four of the deaths were male while eight were female. All of the deaths were direct. 55 injuries were also reported from the tornado. Multiple of the injuries came from near-death situations. Some were buried by debris and swept by the wind. One donkey got absorbed by the tornado but survived in a field.{{Cite web |last=Severson |first=Kim |title=Tornado Swarm Deals Death, but Also Miracles |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/2011/04/19/tornado-swarm-deals-death-but-also-miracles/28376217007/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=The Tuscaloosa News |language=en-US}}

Many funerals were planned, and some parts of the town were cleaned up. Most of the victims relied on insurance. According to a source, it took the town approximately five years to rebuild.{{Cite web |last=Choi |first=Cindy |date=2021-04-16 |title=Town of Colerain remembers deadly tornado in 2011 |url=https://www.witn.com/2021/04/16/town-of-colerain-remembers-deadly-tornado-in-2011/ |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=WITN |language=en}}

• List of North American tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
• Tornadoes of 2011

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• [https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=304929 National Weather Service report]

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