Late-night alert relays a National Weather Service tornado warning; no campus impact

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that the source is identified: it cites "From NWS", the National Weather Service.

  Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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  1. present: It cites "NWS" and the "National Weather Service" as the source.
  2. present: It cites "From NWS" (National Weather Service), naming the issuing authority.
  3. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service), a named issuing agency.
  4. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source.
  5. present: It cites "From NWS" and "National Weather Service", the issuing authority.
  6. present: It cites "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing source.
  7. present: It cites "NWS" and the "National Weather Service" as the source.
  8. present: Names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source.
  9. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing source.
  10. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source, identifying the issuing authority.
  11. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing authority.
  12. present: It cites "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source.
  13. present: It names the "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source of the warning.
  14. present: It cites "From NWS" (National Weather Service), identifying the issuing authority.
  15. present: It cites "NWS" and "National Weather Service" as the issuing source.
  16. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service), an issuing authority.
  17. present: It cites "From NWS", the National Weather Service, as the issuing authority.
  18. present: It attributes the message "From NWS", the National Weather Service, identifying the source.
  19. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing authority.
  20. present: It cites "NWS"/"National Weather Service" as the source, a named agency.
  21. present: It names "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing source.
  22. present: It names "NWS" and the "National Weather Service" as the source.
  23. present: It names the "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the issuing source.
  24. present: It names the "NWS" and National Weather Service as source.
  25. present: It names the "NWS" (National Weather Service) as the source.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that a specific hazard is named: a "Tornado Warning" with a "Confirmed tornado".

  What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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  1. present: It states a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  2. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific threat.
  3. present: It names a "Confirmed tornado" and "Damaging tornado", a specific threat.
  4. present: It states a "Tornado Warning" with a "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  5. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Damaging tornado", a specific hazard.
  6. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Damaging tornado," a specific hazard.
  7. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  8. present: Names "Damaging tornado", a specific threat.
  9. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific threat.
  10. present: It states a "Tornado Warning" with a "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  11. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Damaging tornado", a specific threat.
  12. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  13. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  14. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  15. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado," a specific threat.
  16. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  17. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" with a "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  18. present: It names a "Damaging tornado" confirmed by radar, a specific hazard.
  19. present: It states a "Tornado Warning" with "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  20. present: It names a "Damaging tornado", a specific hazard.
  21. present: It names "Tornado Warning" and "Damaging tornado", a specific hazard.
  22. present: It names "Tornado Warning" and a "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  23. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" with a "Confirmed tornado," a specific hazard.
  24. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Confirmed tornado", a specific hazard.
  25. present: It names a "Tornado Warning" and "Damaging tornado," a specific hazard.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that locations are named: "Lee County and the Auburn community" near Tuskegee.

  Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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  1. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  2. present: It locates it for "Lee County and the Auburn community" near Tuskegee.
  3. present: It locates it "for Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific places.
  4. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific locations.
  5. present: It cites "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  6. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" near Tuskegee.
  7. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  8. present: Specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  9. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and near Tuskegee.
  10. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific places.
  11. present: It cites "Lee County and the Auburn community" near "Tuskegee", specific places.
  12. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  13. present: It says "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific locations.
  14. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  15. present: It locates it in "Lee County and the Auburn community" near "Tuskegee."
  16. present: It names "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific places.
  17. present: It locates it for "Lee County and the Auburn community" near "Tuskegee", named places.
  18. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee", specific places.
  19. present: It names "Lee County", "the Auburn community", and "near Tuskegee", specific places.
  20. present: It says "Lee County and the Auburn community" near "Tuskegee", specific places.
  21. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  22. present: It locates it for "Lee County and the Auburn community" near Tuskegee.
  23. present: It locates it for "Lee County and the Auburn community," near Tuskegee.
  24. present: It specifies "Lee County and the Auburn community" and "near Tuskegee".
  25. present: It locates it for "Lee County and the Auburn community," near "Tuskegee."
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous that no protective instruction is given: it warns of debris danger but tells recipients nothing to do.

  The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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  1. absent: It warns of danger to those "without shelter" but gives no direct protective instruction.
  2. absent: It warns of debris danger but gives recipients no explicit protective instruction in this text.
  3. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives no explicit protective action instruction to recipients.
  4. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives no explicit protective action to recipients.
  5. absent: It warns debris is dangerous to those without shelter but gives no direct instruction.
  6. absent: It warns of danger but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  7. absent: It warns of danger to those without shelter but gives no direct protective instruction.
  8. absent: Warns of danger but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  9. absent: It warns of dangerous debris but gives no protective action instruction to recipients.
  10. absent: It describes hazard, source, and impact but gives recipients no protective action instruction.
  11. absent: It warns of danger to those "without shelter" but gives no direct protective instruction.
  12. absent: It describes the impact but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  13. absent: It warns of danger to those "without shelter" but gives no direct protective action instruction to the recipient.
  14. absent: It warns of debris but gives no explicit protective action instruction to recipients.
  15. absent: It warns flying debris is dangerous "without shelter" but does not directly instruct an action.
  16. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  17. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives recipients no protective instruction such as seek shelter.
  18. absent: It warns of flying debris but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  19. absent: It warns of danger but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients.
  20. absent: It warns of flying debris but gives recipients no explicit protective action instruction.
  21. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives recipients no protective action instruction.
  22. absent: It warns of danger but gives recipients no explicit protective action instruction.
  23. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives recipients no explicit protective action.
  24. absent: It describes the hazard and impact but gives no explicit protective instruction to recipients in this text.
  25. absent: It warns debris is dangerous but gives no direct protective instruction to recipients.
• Timepresent22/25

  Final assessment

  Present by strong majority: most reads count recency cues like the tornado being "located near Tuskegee, moving NE" and "in effect"; a few read movement and speed as not a time reference.

  When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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  1. present: It says the tornado is "located near Tuskegee, moving NE", an ongoing recency cue.
  2. present: It uses "in effect" and movement at "50 mph", conveying current recency.
  3. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue such as "now" appears in the text.
  4. present: It says the warning is "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE", recency cues.
  5. present: It says the warning is "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE", a recency cue.
  6. present: It says "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE," a recency cue.
  7. present: It says the warning is "in effect" and the tornado is "moving NE", recency cues.
  8. present: Says the warning is "in effect", a recency cue.
  9. present: It says the warning is "in effect" and the tornado is "moving NE at 50 mph", recency cues.
  10. present: It says the warning is "in effect" and the tornado is "moving NE at 50 mph", a current/recency cue.
  11. present: It is a warning "in effect" describing a tornado "moving NE", recency cues.
  12. present: It is described as "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE", a recency cue.
  13. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; "moving NE at 50 mph" is speed, not a time reference.
  14. present: It says the tornado is "moving NE at 50 mph", indicating an ongoing, present event.
  15. present: It uses "in effect" and "moving NE," conveying an ongoing recency.
  16. present: It conveys recency with "Confirmed tornado located near Tuskegee, moving NE".
  17. absent: No clock time, date, or recency cue appears; "moving NE at 50 mph" is speed, not time.
  18. present: It says the tornado is moving and is "Confirmed" and active, a recency cue.
  19. present: The phrase "in effect" and "moving NE at 50 mph" convey present, ongoing timing.
  20. present: It says "Tornado Warning in effect", a current/now recency cue.
  21. present: It says the warning is "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE", recency cues.
  22. present: It conveys timing via "Tornado Warning in effect" and an ongoing moving tornado.
  23. present: It says the warning is "in effect" with the tornado "moving NE," conveying ongoing recency.
  24. present: It says the tornado is "moving NE at 50 mph", conveying ongoing recency.
  25. present: It conveys recency, "in effect" and "moving NE at 50 mph."
• Impactpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present by unanimous agreement: the tornado warning explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a direct impact statement.

  What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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  1. present: States damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  2. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  3. present: It explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter from a damaging tornado.
  4. present: It explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a clear impact statement.
  5. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  6. present: It explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a clear impact.
  7. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  8. present: Explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  9. present: Explicitly states damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  10. present: States damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  11. present: States a damaging tornado with flying debris that will be dangerous to those without shelter, explicit impact.
  12. present: Explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter.
  13. present: States a damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  14. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  15. present: It explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter, a clear stated harm.
  16. present: Explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a clear impact statement.
  17. present: Explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a clear stated harm.
  18. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  19. present: It explicitly states flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, a clear stated impact.
  20. present: States a damaging tornado with flying debris that will be dangerous to those without shelter, explicit impact.
  21. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter, an explicit stated harm.
  22. present: It explicitly states damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter.
  23. present: States flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter, an explicit impact statement.
  24. present: Explicitly states a damaging tornado and that flying debris will be dangerous to those without shelter.
  25. present: It explicitly warns flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter.