History Film / NightOfTheTwisters

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Creator/DevonSawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (Creator/JohnSchneider), baby brother, and his best friend Arthur (Amos Crawley) find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on their grandmother, and soon after, a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them, Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

The movie is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on a novel]] by the same name by Ivy Ruckman, which in turn is loosely based on a real-life 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

The movie is [[TheMovieOfTheBook based on a novel]] by the same name by Ivy Ruckman, which in turn is loosely based on a real-life 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

The movie is based on a novel by the same name by Ivy Ruckman, which in turn is loosely based on a real-life 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

** Possibly TruthInTelevision, as "used" sirens might well have been installed from Army Surplus.

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (Creator/JohnSchneider), baby brother, and his best friend Arthur (Amos Crawley) find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on their grandmother, and soon after, a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them, Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (John Schneider), baby brother, and his best friend Arthur (Amos Crawley) find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on their grandmother, and soon after, a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them, Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

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[[caption-width-right:350:John Schneider and Devon Sawa]]

** [[http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/safety.html National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] also does advise hiding in a windowless room with some form of padding. While the Hatches' home did have a basement, any windowless room and/or interior hallway or closet is also safe places for a home that doesn’t have a basement. Hiding under the stairs is effective as well.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: As mentioned above, the book, and by proxy, the film, was a semi-fictionalized account of a freak tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1980, where seven tornadoes touched down in the area, taking the lives of five people. While the book keeps the Hatches' residence in Grand Island, the film changes this to the fictional town of Blainsworth. Also of note is the fact the event occurred in early June, where the film depicts it happening in autumn.

** Minerva, that family cat [[spoiler:that ultimately dies in the first tornado]].

The movie follows a Nebraska family struggling for survival during a long night full of violent tornadoes and the relationship building that comes from it. The movie is based on a novel by the same name by Ivy Ruckman, which in turn is loosely based on a real-life 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (John Schneider), baby brother, and his best friend Arthur (Amos Crawley) find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on the grandmother and soon after a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

** The characters opening windows when the sirens sound off. It has often been thought (but thoroughly debunked) that opening windows equalizes air pressure reducing damage to the house.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: As mentioned above, the book, and by proxy, the film, was a semi-fictionalized account of a freak tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska in 1980, where seven tornadoes touched down in the area, taking the lives of five people. While the book keeps the Hatch's residence in Grand Island, the film changes this to the fictional town of Blainsworth. Also of note is the fact the event occurred in early June, where the film depicts it happening in autumn.

''Night of the Twisters'' is a [[MadeForTVMovie made-for-TV]] DisasterMovie that first aired on The Family Channel (now Creator/{{Freeform}}) in 1996.

The movie follows a Nebraska family struggling for survival during a long night full of violent tornadoes and the relationship building that comes from it. The movie is based on a novel by the same name by Ivy Rickman, which in turn is loosely based on a real-life 1980 tornado outbreak in Grand Island, Nebraska. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (John Schneider),
baby brother, and his best friend Arthur (Amos Crawley) find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on the grandmother and soon after a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

* TruthInTelevision: Tornadoes are often associated with early spring but can happen all year round. This film is set in Autumn.

The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawa), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (John Schneider), brother, and best friend find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on the grandmother and soon after a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

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The plot follows a teenage boy named Danny Hatch (Devon Sawya), who along with his mother (Lori Hallier), stepfather (John Schneider), brother, and best friend find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting, Danny's stepfather leaves to check on the grandmother and soon after a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed them Danny struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

* AnachronismStew: The Tornado warning sirens are old stock sound effects of air raid sirens from WorldWarII

''Night of the Twisters'' is a made for TV movie released in 1996. The movie follows a family struggling for survival during a long night full of violent tornadoes and the relationship building that comes from it. The movie is based on a novel by the same name by Ivy Ruckman which loosely is based on the Grand Island Nebraska Tornado outbreak. Much of the movie omits these facts and alters them.

The plot follows a teenage boy Daniel Hatch his mother, Stepfather and brother along with his best friend find themselves in the middle of a unusual violent tornado outbreak at an unusual time. While at home babysitting Dan's father leaves to check on the grandmother and soon after a monster tornado bears down on the home. After the tornado has passed the Dan struggles to reunite his family as the night wears on and more tornadoes ravage the town.

* DuelingMovies: Came out the same year as the big budgeted theatrical movie {{Twister}}.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The movie was filmed in Ontario, Canada but is set in Nebraska.

* DoNotTouchTheFunnelCloud: The last part of the movie violates this trope egregiously. The heroes outrunning a tornado's funnel cloud that was literally right on their bumper during the finale. The film almost averted this during an earlier scene had a tornado tear a wall off the protagonist's house while the funnel cloud was hundreds of yards away.

** National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration also does advise hiding in a windowless room with some form of padding. While the Hatches' home did have a basement, any windowless room and/or interior hallway or closet is also safe places for a home that doesn’t have a basement. Hiding under the stairs is effective as well.

* AdaptationDecay: The movie is set in a fictional small and sleepy town called Blainsworth Nebraska. The novel was set in Grand Island, one of Nebraska's biggest cities.