1 SSW Clayton - 1 E Clayton National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage in Barbour County. This damage was consistent with a tornado. The tornado touched down in the Clayton City Limits along Highway 30, just east of Mill Drum Place. The tornado moved northeast a knocked a few trees down on Clayton Street and Midway Street. One of these large trees landed on a mobile home. One adult and two children were injured at this location on Midway Street. The tornado continued northeast and went through the eastern part of Clayton. Several trees were uprooted and several structures suffered minor damage or trees landed on them. The tornado lifted at Oak Avenue just before Browder Street. The tornado damage path was 1.30 miles long and was 175 yards wide at its widest point. Start: 31.8694/-85.4566 End: 31.8806/-85.4392

NWS EF Scale: F0

NWS Meteorologists surveyed damage in central Barbour County and determined the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. The tornado touched down in a wooded area between Williams Spur and County Road 51, just northwest of the city of Clayton. The tornado caused sporadic tree damage, mostly branches. Some of the areas were completely inaccessible. Two hunters filmed the tornado as it went by.

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