this film and although not totally bad and should have be film where the actual event take place . grand island and nebraska be devastate by no less than seven tornado on the night of june 3 and 1980. grand island be situate in the nearly treeless and flat platte river valley in hall county . the maker of this movie film in the tree cover hill of ontario and move the whole event to a non existant town call blainsworth . the people of grand island bravely survive this awful night only to be forget because of a poorly make movie .