3 ESE Carters Hill - 4 WSW Mitchell National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Montgomery and Bullock Counties. This damage was consistent with a tornado. The tornado touched down about 2 miles NW of the Matthews Community, just north of US Highway 82. The first damage was located on Perry Lane and on Hayneville Ridge Road. A few trees were snapped off and some other tree damage was noted. The tornado traveled northeastward and knocked a few more trees down along Old Pike Road. the strongest and most concentrated damage occurred as the tornado approached the Bullock County Line. Numerous trees were snapped off around Stowers Road and along the remained of the damage path. A few homes sustained minor roof damage and one outbuilding had its roof removed. The tornado lifted just inside the Bullock County Line along CR 37. The tornado damage path was 5.60 miles long and was 250 yards wide at its widest point. Start: 32.1822/-86.0712 End: 32.2334/-85.9973

NWS EF Scale: F1

NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage in far eastern Montgomery county and determined the damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. The tornado touched down about 2 miles NW of the Matthews Community, just north of US Highway 82. The first damage was located on Perry Lane and on Hayneville Ridge Road. A few trees were snapped off and some other tree damage was noted. The tornado traveled northeastward and knocked a few more trees down along Old Pike Road. The strongest and most concentrated damage occurred as the tornado approached the Bullock County Line. Numerous trees were snapped off around Stowers Road and along the remained of the damage path. A few homes sustained minor roof damage and one outbuilding had its roof removed. The tornado crossed into Bullock County just south of the intersection of Stowers Road and County Road 37.

A pre-frontal trough moved into Central Alabama on Tuesday night, April 26th. This boundary slowly pushed southward and was accompanied by some showers and thunderstorms. The east to west boundary drifted into south central Alabama on the morning of April 27th. The combination of shear, lift along the boundary, increased low level moisture and instability produced by insolation was just enough to spin up a few weak tornadoes.

Part of 4-tornado outbreak on April 27, 2017