Tornado warning; seek shelter; later all-clear

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

  Present: S in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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: CU Alert is the source (b230500).
  2. present: Clemson officials are the sender (b230501).
  3. present: Official CU Alerts branding (b230502).
  4. present: University Relations or CUPD issued notice (b230503).
  5. present: Archive page is institutional CU Alerts (b230504).
  6. present: First-party campus safety channel (b230505).
  7. present: Sender is Clemson University alerting authority (b230506).
  8. present: CU SAFE ALERT label identifies source (b230507).
  9. present: Official archive hosts the message (b230508).
  10. present: Institutional safety bulletin provenance (b230509).
  11. present: CUPD or Facilities notice via CU Alerts (b230510).
  12. present: University-authored alert text (b230511).
  13. present: Campus emergency management channel (b230512).
  14. present: Clemson public alert page is the source (b230513).
  15. present: Official safety office transmission (b230514).
  16. present: CU Alerts post identifies the sender (b230515).
  17. present: University police or facilities as author (b230516).
  18. present: Institutional branding frames the message (b230517).
  19. present: Source is the university alert archive (b230518).
  20. present: Clemson CU Alerts is the originating channel (b230519).
  21. present: Official notice from campus authorities (b230520).
  22. present: Sender field satisfied by CU Alerts header (b230521).
  23. present: University-issued community message (b230522).
  24. present: Alert archive attributes the text to Clemson (b230523).
  25. present: Campus alerting system is the source (b230524).
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present: H in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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: Hazard is named in the alert body (b230500).
  2. present: Incident type is explicit (b230501).
  3. present: Threat or condition is described (b230502).
  4. present: What happened is stated clearly (b230503).
  5. present: Hazard framing appears in the lead (b230504).
  6. present: Risk condition is identified (b230505).
  7. present: Event type is specified for recipients (b230506).
  8. present: Danger or disruption is labeled (b230507).
  9. present: Alert names the emergency condition (b230508).
  10. present: Problem type is not left vague (b230509).
  11. present: Hazard language is present (b230510).
  12. present: Incident category is recoverable (b230511).
  13. present: Safety hazard is articulated (b230512).
  14. present: The what is stated for campus (b230513).
  15. present: Condition requiring attention is named (b230514).
  16. present: Primary hazard keyword is present (b230515).
  17. present: Alert identifies the hazard type (b230516).
  18. present: Emergency subject is explicit (b230517).
  19. present: Hazard element is satisfied (b230518).
  20. present: Threat description is included (b230519).
  21. present: Operational hazard is declared (b230520).
  22. present: Campus risk is named (b230521).
  23. present: Hazard content is recoverable (b230522).
  24. present: Incident hazard is front-loaded (b230523).
  25. present: What recipients face is stated (b230524).
• Locationabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent: L in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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. absent: No location is given (b230500).
  2. absent: Place is not specified (b230501).
  3. absent: Location element absent (b230502).
  4. absent: Where is missing (b230503).
  5. absent: No spatial reference (b230504).
  6. absent: No location is given (b230505).
  7. absent: Place is not specified (b230506).
  8. absent: Location element absent (b230507).
  9. absent: Where is missing (b230508).
  10. absent: No spatial reference (b230509).
  11. absent: No location is given (b230510).
  12. absent: Place is not specified (b230511).
  13. absent: Location element absent (b230512).
  14. absent: Where is missing (b230513).
  15. absent: No spatial reference (b230514).
  16. absent: No location is given (b230515).
  17. absent: Place is not specified (b230516).
  18. absent: Location element absent (b230517).
  19. absent: Where is missing (b230518).
  20. absent: No spatial reference (b230519).
  21. absent: No location is given (b230520).
  22. absent: Place is not specified (b230521).
  23. absent: Location element absent (b230522).
  24. absent: Where is missing (b230523).
  25. absent: No spatial reference (b230524).
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present: G in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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. present: Protective guidance is present (b230500).
  2. present: Recipients get action instructions (b230501).
  3. present: What to do is stated (b230502).
  4. present: Operational instructions are present (b230503).
  5. present: Avoid or seek-shelter style guidance (b230504).
  6. present: Actionable guidance is included (b230505).
  7. present: Community is told how to respond (b230506).
  8. present: Directive language appears (b230507).
  9. present: Protective steps are listed or implied (b230508).
  10. present: Guidance element is satisfied (b230509).
  11. present: Call or report instructions present (b230510).
  12. present: Behavioral instruction is recoverable (b230511).
  13. present: Safety steps are given (b230512).
  14. present: Do or do-not guidance is present (b230513).
  15. present: Action requested of recipients (b230514).
  16. present: Instructions support protective action (b230515).
  17. present: Guidance wording is explicit (b230516).
  18. present: Campus is directed how to act (b230517).
  19. present: Response guidance is in the text (b230518).
  20. present: Operational do-list is present (b230519).
  21. present: Protective action language found (b230520).
  22. present: Recipient instructions are clear (b230521).
  23. present: Guidance content is recoverable (b230522).
  24. present: Action element is present (b230523).
  25. present: What people should do is stated (b230524).
• Timeabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent: T in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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. absent: No time cues present (b230500).
  2. absent: When is not stated (b230501).
  3. absent: Temporal element absent (b230502).
  4. absent: No date or clock time (b230503).
  5. absent: Timing is missing (b230504).
  6. absent: No time cues present (b230505).
  7. absent: When is not stated (b230506).
  8. absent: Temporal element absent (b230507).
  9. absent: No date or clock time (b230508).
  10. absent: Timing is missing (b230509).
  11. absent: No time cues present (b230510).
  12. absent: When is not stated (b230511).
  13. absent: Temporal element absent (b230512).
  14. absent: No date or clock time (b230513).
  15. absent: Timing is missing (b230514).
  16. absent: No time cues present (b230515).
  17. absent: When is not stated (b230516).
  18. absent: Temporal element absent (b230517).
  19. absent: No date or clock time (b230518).
  20. absent: Timing is missing (b230519).
  21. absent: No time cues present (b230520).
  22. absent: When is not stated (b230521).
  23. absent: Temporal element absent (b230522).
  24. absent: No date or clock time (b230523).
  25. absent: Timing is missing (b230524).
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Absent: I in first-burst CU Alert (clemson-university-tornado-warning-2017-10).

  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. absent: Impact is not described (b230500).
  2. absent: Consequences are not stated (b230501).
  3. absent: Impact element absent (b230502).
  4. absent: No effects language (b230503).
  5. absent: Stakes are not framed (b230504).
  6. absent: Impact is not described (b230505).
  7. absent: Consequences are not stated (b230506).
  8. absent: Impact element absent (b230507).
  9. absent: No effects language (b230508).
  10. absent: Stakes are not framed (b230509).
  11. absent: Impact is not described (b230510).
  12. absent: Consequences are not stated (b230511).
  13. absent: Impact element absent (b230512).
  14. absent: No effects language (b230513).
  15. absent: Stakes are not framed (b230514).
  16. absent: Impact is not described (b230515).
  17. absent: Consequences are not stated (b230516).
  18. absent: Impact element absent (b230517).
  19. absent: No effects language (b230518).
  20. absent: Stakes are not framed (b230519).
  21. absent: Impact is not described (b230520).
  22. absent: Consequences are not stated (b230521).
  23. absent: Impact element absent (b230522).
  24. absent: No effects language (b230523).
  25. absent: Stakes are not framed (b230524).