A tornado warning remains in effect
for northeastern Johnson County
In east central Kansas
and southwestern Jackson County
in west central Missouri until 9:45 PM
National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated this danger
Storm was located seven miles...
Ah! No!
God, help! God!
So is your mom home?
No, she's at her weekly hair appointment.
You want to fool around?
Do you ever think I'm gonna say yes?
Patience is a virtue
Mmm. Well, you got one
Seriously though, you want me to wait till she gets home?
No, I want you to wait until I finish this cigarette
Remind me again why I hang out with you
Cause you want to sleep with me
Oh yeah
Thanks again for helping me cut geometry today.
Hey, I was leaving anyway
Besides, I'm going to be a porn star
The fuck do I need geometry for?
Thank you
Hey, cheer up. Your dad's coming home soon
Yeah, maybe he'll buy me a GTO just like your daddy
Hey, I mowed a lot of yards to get this car, okay?
My dad's yard
a lot of times.
All right, see you Saturday
So it's a date then?
Bye, Sean
I'm six-months sober as of tomorrow,
as a matter of fact
My wife's coming back to me
Hmm. I get to see my kids again
I got you guys to all thank for that.
Thank you
Okay, I guess I'll go next
Uh, my name is Janet I'm an alcoholic
and I've been sober for four months.
Hi, Janet
Well, I should be happy right now
because my husband's coming home tonight.
He's in the military. He's been fighting overseas for the last year and a half.
But to be totally honest,
I don't feel happy
I feel-- I feel really scared
Like I've been thinking about all the things that he's seen over there
and everything that he's lived through
And then he's gonna come home to...
me.
I just thought that sobriety was going to make things better
You know? I thought that if I could just stop drinking
that things would improve
But it hasn't been like that at all
In fact I feel like every day
everything's getting worse at home, you know?
I don't know, it's-- I've just been really selfish
I guess that's why I'm here, you know?
I just-- I want to do better
I want to-- I want to be better
As these trained weather spotters are continuing
to feed us and give us the new information,
we'll make sure to give you the updates
Stay tuned. We will keep you advised
to this rapidly changing situation
Good afternoon.The National Weather Service
issued a tornado watch earlier this morning
and things are going from showers to thunderstorms
and getting a little more dangerous across eastern Kansas.
You can see over the last few hours,
starting to see those colors brighten up--
a lot more red on the screen That is indicative
of the storm strengthening.
And really they're all converging on eastern Kansas.
Several warnings have been posted
At this point, it is only for hail and high winds.
But certainly, as the National Weather Service
has issued that tornado warning
there is the potential for some tornadic activity
as we progress throughout the day,
as all of this travels across the state and to the east.
Areas west of l-35 look to be okay
But areas east of l-35
Girls, are you ready?
I thought you quit smoking
Watch your face
...a serious situation to a slightly more dangerous situation as...
You ready?
No, I'm running away. That's why I've packed a bag
Why are we staying in Kansas City tonight?
Weather Channel says there's going to be a storm
If your father's flight is delayed, we might have to stay in a hotel
Then why don't we just stay here tonight and go in the morning?
Because I want us to be the first people your dad sees,
- not some hotel desk clerk - Whatever.
County off to the east in Linn County
the situation is turning a little worse
We're going from the thunderstorms now, severe weather.
Quite a bit of hail reported down in Linn County
and that is indicative of these storms strengthening
Once you see the purple, the bright
mobile homes and vehicles should be abandoned
for sturdier shelter. Otherwise go to an interior room
on the lowest level of your home or place of business.
Make sure there are as many floors and walls between you
from the outside as possible.
Repeating: A tornado warning remains in effect...
Please, I've lived in Kansas my whole life.
I've never once seen a tornado
You know you were born during a tornado.
Yeah, I never heard that before
I can't say I remember much about it.
Ditto
Hey, Mom? Can I change my name?
Why would you want to do that?
Sally is just so unprofessional
What do you mean?
Well, can I at least go by Sarah?
But your name's not Sarah it's Sally.
Your father named you
Yeah, you were named after Charlie Brown's sister
I was not, Jennifer!
Hey, Alice, how's your book?
It's fine
What's it about?
A lot of things
Like?
- It's a bunch of short stories - They any good?
Haven't you read them?
Yes, but I want to know what you think.
Magma?
- A tornado warning remains in effect - They're fine.
...until 5:15 PM Central Daylight Time
in Linn County in Kansas. The National Weather Service
in Topeka, Kansas, has issued a tornado warning
for northeastern Linn County near Blue Mound, Kansas...
Mom, I have to pee
-Weather Service Doppler radar... Peachy.
sturdier shelter
Otherwise, go to an interior room
on the lowest level of your home or place of business.
Make sure there are as many walls and floors betw--
A tornado warning remains in effect
until 5:15 PM Central Daylight Time
in Linn County in Kansas. The National Weather Serv--
Sally, I told you to go before we left.
Hurry, gotta pee!
- Sorry. - It's okay
You-- you all right there, ma'am?
Yeah. We're heading to Kansas City tonight
Oh, I really don't think that's a very good idea
There's a tornado ripping thought Blue Mound right now
- It's headed this way - Oh, really?
My husband's flight gets in in a couple of hours.
He's in the military. He's coming home from overseas tonight.
Well, I reckon he could wait a few more hours
as opposed to his wife and daughters having an accident
Where would we go?
I'm the wrong guy to ask. I'm new here myself as of last week
But I'd be willing to bet any of these old farmers
would let you hole up in their cellar
Looks like the townspeople are really taking this storm seriously
You folks best get some shelter
Thanks
Need any help closing up, Mrs. Shurman?
No, thank you, Barney
Carr, get those people out of here
Now you all be damned careful out there.
Thanks
I can't believe his name is Barney
A tornado warning remains in effect
until 5:15 PM Central Daylight Time in Linn County.
At 3:41 Central Day--
What is that?
A tornado siren
- Hey, Mom? - Yeah?
12 miles west of Mound City
I'm sorry I didn't pee at the house
It's okay, sweetie
other locations in the warning include Anderson County...
this storm is visible
...straight-line wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour.
...or place of business. Make sure there are as many floors..
A tornado warning remains in effect
until 5:15 PM Central Daylight Time
in Linn County in Kansas. The National Weather Service
in Topeka, Kansas, has issued a tornado warning
for northeastern Linn County
...Blue Mound, Kansas, until 5:30 PM Central Daylight Time
At 4:50 PM Central Daylight Time
Mom,what's wrong?
Doppler radar indicated a severe...
Everybody out of the car now!
In addition to the tornado, large hail the size of quarters
Don't look! Run, run!
...vehicles should be abandoned for sturdier cover
Otherwise, go to
Hello?!Hello?!
Help! Help!
Mom?
Go, Mom, go! Mom, hurry! Go, go!
Come on, come on!
Go go go go!
I'm scared
I think we're safe. I think we're okay
Okay. Jen, are you okay?
Yeah. Are you?
Yeah
Everybody
I'm fine
Honey, you're always fine
Okay, come here
Wow
That was intense
Don't tell Dad I cried
Oh, honey
It's okay.
Where are we?
You think the storm's over?
I think it's over enough for us to leave.
Damn it. There's a tree across the door
Shit, ow
Jennifer, can you help?
Oh, Shit-
Push, hard
Okay
Now what?
Come on.
Well, at least there's booze
sorry
Let's see if somebody's home?
Hey! Anybody up there?!
Help! Help!
- Hey! - Hello?!
Shh, wait a minute.
] yam [mag cellphone?
Oh, duh-
- You got a signal? - Yeah, three bars.
It's roaming though Is that okay?
Yeah, I think the extra charge is okay
Nothing.
Nothing? Are you connected?
Yeah, it connects. It just connects to static
- Who are you trying to call? - 911.
Keep trying
If you push me up there, I bet I could fit through.
Oh, honey. Are you sure?
No, but if you break out the rest of the glass, I'll try
Any luck, Jen?
No.
- Try texting someone - Yeah.
Good idea.
Wow, you're fast at that
Who are you texting?
- His name's Sean. - Yeah? Who's that?
He's a guy that would travel through a storm to get laid.
Jen, please, the girls
Mom, please, I think we have bigger fish to catch right now
Damn!
What is it?
Unable to send text message
Well, maybe it'll send after the storm clears
Hey, will you send a message to your dad?
- Okay, you ready to try this? - Mm-hmm.
I'm gonna knock the rest of the glass out
Dad, stuck in a cellar halfway to KC.
Running late
Be there soon, Jen
Okay,"message pending".
Hopefully he'll get it soon
It's "fry," by the way
What?
You just said we had bigger fish to catch,
but really it's bigger fish to fry
Oh, thanks
Sure.
You should talk more
Why?
Because you're smart
Are you ready?
Yes.
Is that--
Do you think they heard us?
I don't know how they couldn't have
What the hell?
Why would they do that?
I don't know
What was that?
I'm willing to give that window thing a try
Yeah. Come on
It's throbbing, it's throbbing inside!
Go get something to wrap her arm! Go now!
- Oh my-- - Help me!
Help me!
What is all this shit?
Rope
rope-
Okay, let me see, let me look
This is soft
Come on.
Here here
- Ow, don't! No! - Shh shh, oh baby
It's okay. Hold still, hold still
Shh, there
It's okay, sweetheart
I won't tell Daddy you cried, I promise
What did that to her?
I don't know
- Is she gonna be okay? - Yeah.
We just-- we just need to get her to a hospital
- right away. - What happened to her?
I don't know
I think maybe-- I think maybe she got bit by a dog
Mom, did you see her arm?
I know
What?
It didn't look like a dog
Of course it was a dog. What else would it have been?
It just looked-- it just looked too clean--
Jennifer, please
We need to-- we need to get her to a hospital right away.
Shh, Mom-
Ah, come here
It's okay. Here, I want you to stay with Sally.
Come here.
Here, I'll help
- Push. - Oh, it's giving-- okay
- Yes. - Come on
The windows! Get through the windows!
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Let us out!
Where the hell are we?
What now?
I don't know
Sally is passed out
Someone is...
keeping us here.
Please help.
We are
in Wellsville."
Hey, Jen, we need to clean Sally's wound
- There's water - Where?
On the shelf in the corner
Okay, let's go get some
Another storm?
Yeah
The radio said it's going to storm all night
I'll go get that water
Come on.
- Oh my God. - I wish your dad was here
- What is that smell? - It's not water.
Wow
Definitely not water
- What is it? - I think it's moonshine
What? Why?
That's alcohol
I'm gonna use it to clean her wound and it's gonna hurt like hell.
Help me hold her down
Okay, sweetie. Here we go
Ahh!
- Ow, Mommy! - Mom, stop it. You're hurting her
- Mom! - It's okay, Alice
I'm sorry.
- Mom! - I'm sorry
I'm sorry.
That's it. That's it. Stay still
It's gonna be okay I promise.
Promise.
Jennifer?
Stay with me
I will, Sally
I wont let anything happen to you,okay? in
I love you, Jennifer
I love you too, Sally
Just go to sleep now and rest, okay?
We're gonna find a way to get you out of here.
You okay?
Mm-hmm.
There's got to be a way out of this basement.
Maybe a door that leads upstairs?
Is there a flashlight or something?
I don't know. Maybe
Hey, Jen, do you have your lighter?
Oh.
Uh, no-
It's in the car
Jennifer? Check Sally's pockets
What?
Promise not to be mad at Sally
course.
When we were in the car, she took your lighter out of your backpack.
- Really? - Yeah, she thought maybe if you didn't
have your lighter, you wouldn't smoke
Are you serious?
Yeah, check her pockets?
- I don't believe it. - Sally saves the day
I promise, Sally
no more cigarettes, okay?
Jen?
- Hello, Barney. - Hi, Mrs. Shurman
Well, goodness sake, get yourself out of this weather
- You'll catch your death - Thank you, ma'am.
Can I get you a cup of coffee? It's still warm.
That'd be great. Thank you
Are you baking something?
Cookies before the power went off
- Want one? - Oh, sure.
Looks like the tornado went right through.
Lot of trees and power lines down
It'll be a hell of a clean-up effort around here.
Hell, it isn't even over. Gonna storm all night
That's what I heard. Gotta love this time of year
I never get used to it.
- Makes people crazy in this town - Yeah, I noticed.
I'm surprised you weren't holed up in your cellar?
Waiting for the storm to pass
Well, I prefer to wait it out up here
- And bake? - It calms my nerves.
Uh, Mrs. Shurman, real quick the reason I stopped by...
Yes?
Well, there's a car out front
- Oh really? - Yes ma'am
It belongs to a couple ladies on the road up to Kansas City
And I was wondering if you'd seen them.
You don't say? Well, no, I sure haven't seen 'em
Mmm.
Mrs. Shurman, their car is out in the ditch by the road
Mmm, perfect
Well, I sure hope they're all okay
Are you sure they didn't stop by here?
It just seems like this would be the first place they would check
Well, not unless they got here before I did
How many of them did you say there were?
There were four of them actually
There was a mother and three of her daughters?
Oh my.
And you say they were on their way to Kansas City?
Yes, ma'am, to pick up her husband at the airport
Hello, Barney. Out checking the roads, I see.
Hey, Sheriff! I didn't know you were here.
I just stopped by to help her board up her cellar.
Oh, yeah, I was going to ask about that.
Looked like you got it boarded up pretty good
Don't want a flood down there
Lots of valuables in that old storm cellar
Yeah
Sure.
Well, I'd better get back out on the road.
Horseshit. Stay inside here and have another cup of coffee?
You know, Albert, I would love to,
but those travelers really got me worried
They probably just went down to Jacob's farm up the road.
Yeah, I'll check there
You sure I can't talk you into another cup of coffee?
My, those lights seem to have a mind of their own?
I'm sure they'll have them up and running soon enough
Yeah. Thank you for the coffee, Mrs. Shurman
But I really should go check on those ladies.
You be careful out there now, Barney
and don't forget to say hello to that beautiful new bride of yours.
Will do. Now you folks get some candles lit.
- No telling how long this will last - Oh.
Oh my!
You forgot your cookies.
Oh. Wow! What are they?
They're little tornadoes
Cute.
Good night, folks
If something happens, you're explaining it to his wife
Shouldn't have married him in the first place,
especially a month into storm season.
Here, let me
Is this for Dad?
Yeah. These storms are harder on him than they used to be.
Roger?
Settle down
Is he getting a case of cabin fever?
Just a little restless.
I'm surprised that you grew out of it
You used to be a real handful this time of year.
Storms really don't affect me the way they used to.
Teeth hurt a little-- that's about it.
Now you get that from my side of the family
I wish your brothers were more that way.
If this supercell they keep talking about gets any closer,
I might not be able to control myself
I'm gonna let Roger and the boys out for a while tonight
to enjoy the storm
- Hershel's already out. - Well, you know Hershel--
always was a free spirit
He took a bite out of one of our visitors earlier.
- And Tommy? - In the cellar.
The storm got to him early
I was hoping that new muzzle will help him.
You know they make those things for kids
and they never work right anyway
I had to chain him up and give him some extra moonshine to calm him down
Probably won't stay that way for long though.
It's a shame about that family down there
They seem real nice
ls there somebody out there?
- Hello? - Hello?!
Hello?
This is Deputy Carr from the Wellsville Sheriff's Department
- Oh, thank God. Help us! - We're trapped.
Well, hold on, I'll see if I can get you out.
What the hell are you doing down there?
- Get us out of here - Are you okay?
My daughter needs help
Hold on, I'll get the woman who lives upstairs.
- No! - What?
She's the one that locked us down here
All right. Let's get you the hell out of there.
Take my hand. I'll pull you out
Alice, you first
Ahhh!
Hello?
Hershel, calm down!
Creepy
Oswald triplets
Where are you
Sally is hurt bad
A cop tried to help
Help
Struck by lightning
Hey, I think I found a hallway or something
I'm gonna check it out
Okay, I'll go with you
- No. - What?
I said no
Then let Alice go with you
- I want you both to stay with Sally - No, that's stupid.
You're not going down a dark hallway by yourself
Jennifer
I can stay with Sally. It's not that big a deal
- I don't want to leave you alone - I'll be fine.
Is it just me or does that sound like a terrible idea?
Yeah. You're right.
We all stay or we all go
Then we all go
How long is this tunnel?
Must be 100 yards
What is it?
I think it's a still
Jen, careful with your lantern
Why?
If that's a still and this is a propane tank
it could explode
Alice, I need you to stay with Sally
We'll be right down the hallway so if you nee something,
-just yell,okay?-Okay
Mom?
Yeah?
What do I tell Sally when she wakes up?
Tell her everything's going to be okay.
Is that true?
Alice, with every other beat of my heart,
I believe we're going to be okay
Okay
It's not so bad
No, it's just-- it's just awkward
Really
Okay, do you want to go forwards or backwards?
I'll go backwards. Can you get the lantern?
Mm.'
Ready?
- Wait wait. - What what?
I need to change my grip
This could be a process
- Ready? - Yeah.
Okay, back up
- All right. - Okay, you go first
Okay
Mom?
Going too fast. Okay
Yeah?
You okay?
Can you see now?
That's good
Here comes the door
How's the ramp on your side?
It's good.
- Are you okay? - Mm-hmm.
All right, it's good
- Don't go too fast - Sorry.
Wait, do you hear something?
What is that?
I don't know
Keep going.
That's it. All right
Mom, where's Alice?
Alice?
Put the still there
Alice?
- Alice? Alice? - Where is she?
Where is she?
Alice?
What the hell is this?
Alice?
Oh God, no!
Oh no!
I'm sorry. Oh, my baby
Oh God, oh
Oh God, no!
Mom?
We have to get out of here.
Mom, we can't give up
Jennifer
we're gonna die here
No, we're not
You still have daughters who need you right now.
I won't give up
Jennifer?
What was that thing?
I don't know. But next time we'll be ready for it
Mom?
Give me a minute
Never mind
Mom, are you okay?
No, Jennifer
I'm not fine
Mom, I need you to pull it together
Pull it together? Your little sister just--
Mom, I'm thinking about right now, okay?
And right now we need to put that contraption in front of the door
and blow it off the hinges.
And I need your help
Do you hear that?
Uh-huh
Mom!
- Jennifer? - Mom!
Oh God
Can you stand?
You gotta get Sally out of here
We're all getting out of here
Look at how happy Dad is
I haven't seen him with this much energy in years
Should we let Roger out?
Give your dad a little while
Looks like that second storm is coming after all.
It's gonna be strong
Then I guess that explains all their energy.
They're gonna sleep for a month after this
Where am I?
- It's okay, Sally. - Jennifer, it hurts
I know, Sally
- Where's Mom? - Right here, sweetie
Mom, are you okay?
Sally, Mom got hurt real bad
I'm fine
- Where's Alice? - Sally, we have to get out of here
- What's going on? - We need to leave.
I need you to cover yourself, okay?
I-- what do you mean? Where's Alice?
Alice is gone
She-- she's dead?
Yes. Now, Sally, we have to get out of here
Can you walk?
Bleeding.
It's okay, honey. I need you to be strong
and we're gonna get out of here, okay?
We're gonna get Dad too, okay?
Come on.
I need you to get behind me and cover your heads.
- What are you going to do? - I'm gonna throw this,
you're gonna hide, okay?
Can you run?
- I don't think-- - If I help you?
- I'll try - Okay.
Mom!
Mom?
Mom, please wake up
Mommy, please!
Thank you, Mommy
Are you ready?
Okay
Are you okay?
Behind you!
Shit!
Jennifer!
Why didn't you just listen to the weatherman for once?
Relax, all right? We're not the only ones with trees down
It's gonna be fine
I told you to cut down that branch last year.
What if it would have hit the nursery?
It wasn't going to hit the nursery
Honey, come here
What the--
You girls okay?
She's cut up pretty badly
Let's get you guys inside Come on.
All right, let's take a look
Oh, sweetie
We gotta get her out of here or call the cops--
Shh.
It's gonna be all right
It does look pretty infected though.
- You poor thing. - You don't understand
- There were things out there that-- - Just calm down.
I'm gonna go call for help
Let's get you some new bandages Bathroom's this way.
Come on.
Ahhh!
Ah, hee hee hee!
Poor kid's teething in the other room.
There's disinfectant and bandages in the top drawer
- Just take whatever you need - Thanks.
This baby's just kicking up a storm
I hate when this happens Excuse me.
Jennifer! Jennifer!
Sally! Sally, no!
Get away from me! Please get away from me!
Jennifer, help me! Jennifer, please help me!
- Sally! - Ahh! Jennifer!
Jennifer!
I'm so sorry, Sally
There's no need to run, sweetie
We just want to have a word with you.
Get the fuck back
You're lucky that the storm affects each one of us a bit differently.
Otherwise you'd be dead already
Shit
This is where we part company, dear
Shit!
No no no no!
No dead. But there's still a lot of us unaccounted for--
mostly youngsters
But you know how these storms go
Some of them just don't know how to recover yet.
They'll find their way home this afternoon.
Any signs of the girl?
No.
You think she's still alive?
No, she's gone with the storm
With this much damage,
there'll be news teams heading this way.
We'll see
I'm sorry about your mother
More storms coming in a few hours.
Could be worse than last night