So I was watching the cinematic masterpiece that is "Twister" and it got me thinking. I grew up inside the boundary of tornado alley, and I'm well accustomed to tornado warnings on a regular basis and the like. But something about that otherwise stellar film bothered me.

The final tornado scene is in broad daylight. Now, this very well could be a simple matter of them wanting to be able to shoot the scene in the easiest fashion possible. But... in my entire life in the Midwest I can only remember one daytime tornado warning, and it didn't really amount to anything. In fact, we rarely if ever got severe weather during the daylight.

Is there some atmospheric thing that I'm not aware of that takes place at or after dusk making conditions more ripe for tornadic activity, or did I just live in a perfect location for storms to arrive across the plains at exactly sunset?

I know that tornados have occurred during the day before - but it seems to me that evening/night tornados are far more common.

Can a meteorologist weigh in?

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We get tornados during the day time here in Georgia..

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

Tornadoes are made out of wind.

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Originally posted by nchs09 We get tornados during the day time here in Georgia..

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Originally posted by BTG Tornadoes are made out of wind.

HOLY SHIT.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov So I was watching the cinematic masterpiece that is "Twister"

Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?

HA! I was going to ask that, too. I did!

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Hey, were you watching it on TNT (or TBS) over the weekend, too?

I think I caught it twice! hehe.

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Originally posted by Frenchie HA! I was going to ask that, too. I did!

I forgot that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in that!

That was before he got cool.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov I think I caught it twice! hehe.

They aired it two weeks in a row, but I forgot if they did the usual "I know, let's play it back to back."

Conveniently eats up about five hours, eh?

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost I forgot that Philip Seymour Hoffman was in that! That was before he got cool.

Seriously, he was such a nerd in that movie. And lol @ them blasting Van Halen - Humans Being like five times over the course of the film.

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov Seriously, he was such a nerd in that movie. And lol @ them blasting Van Halen - Humans Being like five times over the course of the film.

...and "Respect The Wind" during the end credits. Sure, it's a nice piece of music, but you just know Van Halen had his eyes tightly shut, cringing his face, gritting his teeth, throwing his head back, and clutching his guitar while playing it.

I love the mid 90's.

I just got my master's in meteorology last year, so I can weigh in on this a bit. Tornadoes are made of wind