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University of Missouri published an official alert update on or about 2025-02-18. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.

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campus for normal operations, the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. Employees will fall into three categories during a severe weather event: - Those who aren't required to work on-site and will telework from home or another location. Staff who do not telework must use their available accrued paid time off. - Those who cannot carry out their duties through telework and who are instructed that they are not required on-site to work will be compensated. - Those who are non-exempt (hourly) and are required to work on-site may be eligible to receive premium pay; those who are required to work on-site and choose not to must use their available accrued paid time off. University employees should contact their supervisor if they are unsure which category they fit in for the current event. Employees of MU Health Care should visit Campus Closures or Delays | MU Alert for instructions specific to them. As always, faculty, staff and students are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather. ADVISORY: Off-campus housing shuttle services end at 6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18. The men's basketball game Wednesday night will be played as scheduled. For information on how winter weather is affecting any off-campus activities, including clinics, off-campus meetings or conferences, please refer to the host location. Links to university services, including those offered by MU Health Care hospitals and clinics and the Veterinary Health Center, are listed online. Details about MU's campus closure policies and more can be found on the UM System website.campus for normal operations, the University of Missouri
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How the first alert is built

To check this alert, Claude Opus 5.5 (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.

campus for normal operations, the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. Employees will fall into three categories during a severe weather event: - Those who aren't required to work on-site and will telework from home or another location. Staff who do not telework must use their available accrued paid time off. - Those who cannot carry out their duties through telework and who are instructed that they are not required on-site to work will be compensated. - Those who are non-exempt (hourly) and are required to work on-site may be eligible to receive premium pay; those who are required to work on-site and choose not to must use their available accrued paid time off. University employees should contact their supervisor if they are unsure which category they fit in for the current event. Employees of MU Health Care should visit Campus Closures or Delays | MU Alert for instructions specific to them. As always, faculty, staff and students are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather. ADVISORY: Off-campus housing shuttle services end at 6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18. The men's basketball game Wednesday night will be played as scheduled. For information on how winter weather is affecting any off-campus activities, including clinics, off-campus meetings or conferences, please refer to the host location. Links to university services, including those offered by MU Health Care hospitals and clinics and the Veterinary Health Center, are listed online. Details about MU's campus closure policies and more can be found on the UM System website.campus for normal operations, the University of Missouri

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads agree the source is present: the message names the University of Missouri, the campus and the UM System office in Columbia.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It speaks for the campus and UM System office in Columbia and references MU Alert.
    2. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office' and 'the University of Missouri' as the source of the decision.
    3. present: It speaks for "the University of Missouri" and the "UM System office in Columbia", identifying the institution.
    4. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and refers to MU Alert.
    5. present: It names 'the University of Missouri' and the UM System office as the source.
    6. present: It references 'the University of Missouri' and UM System office as the announcing institution.
    7. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations', naming the institution as source.
    8. present: It names the University of Missouri and the UM System office as announcing remote operations.
    9. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri as announcing the change.
    10. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and references MU Alert.
    11. present: It names 'the University of Missouri', 'UM System', and 'MU Alert', identifying the institution issuing the operations notice.
    12. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri as announcing remote operations.
    13. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and MU Alert, identifying the sender.
    14. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri as the source.
    15. present: It names "the University of Missouri" and the UM System office as announcing remote operations.
    16. present: It references 'the UM System office', 'MU Alert' and 'the University of Missouri' as the issuing institution.
    17. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri.
    18. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift', the university naming itself.
    19. present: It says the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations and references MU Alert.
    20. present: The text names the 'University of Missouri' and 'UM System office' shifting operations.
    21. present: It speaks for 'the University of Missouri' and the UM System office in announcing remote operations.
    22. present: It speaks for 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and references MU Alert, identifying the University of Missouri as sender.
    23. present: It says 'the University of Missouri' campus and UM System office will shift operations.
    24. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations', identifying the university as sender.
    25. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' and the University of Missouri.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: the hazard is named as severe winter weather prompting the shift to remote operations.

    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 refers to "severe weather" and "winter weather" as the reason for remote operations.
    2. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and winter weather affecting operations.
    3. present: It refers to "a severe weather event" and "winter weather" as the reason for remote operations.
    4. present: It cites a 'severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    5. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the hazard.
    6. present: It refers to 'severe weather' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    7. present: It cites a 'severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason operations shift to remote.
    8. present: It names a severe weather event and winter weather as the reason the campus shifts to remote operations.
    9. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the cause of remote operations.
    10. present: It cites 'severe weather' and winter weather as the reason for remote operations.
    11. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    12. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and asks how 'winter weather' affects activities, naming winter weather.
    13. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and winter weather as the reason for remote operations.
    14. present: It refers to 'severe weather' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    15. present: It refers to "a severe weather event" and winter weather causing the shift.
    16. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather', naming weather as the hazard.
    17. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    18. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather', naming a weather hazard.
    19. present: It references a severe weather event and winter weather affecting operations, naming weather as the hazard.
    20. present: It references 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    21. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' as the reason for remote operations.
    22. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather', naming a weather hazard.
    23. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' affecting campus.
    24. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather', naming weather as the hazard.
    25. present: It refers to 'a severe weather event' and 'winter weather' prompting remote operations.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: the location is the campus and UM System office in Columbia.

    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 "the campus and UM System office in Columbia" as the places shifting to remote operations.
    2. present: It refers to 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    3. present: It names "the campus and UM System office in Columbia" and off-campus housing shuttles.
    4. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected places.
    5. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting to remote operations.
    6. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected places.
    7. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting to remote operations.
    8. present: It refers to the campus and the UM System office in Columbia as the places shifting to remote operations.
    9. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected location.
    10. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as affected.
    11. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia will shift to remote operations'.
    12. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    13. present: It locates the shift at 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    14. present: It refers to 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    15. present: It names "the campus and UM System office in Columbia" as the places shifting to remote operations.
    16. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as shifting to remote operations.
    17. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting to remote operations.
    18. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia'.
    19. present: It names the campus and the UM System office in Columbia as the places shifting to remote operations.
    20. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting to remote operations.
    21. present: It says 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' will shift to remote operations.
    22. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected place.
    23. present: It specifies 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the places shifting to remote operations.
    24. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the affected places.
    25. present: It names 'the campus and UM System office in Columbia' as the locations shifting to remote operations.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 reads find guidance: employees are told how to telework or work on-site, to contact their supervisor, and to exercise good judgement about traveling safely to campus.

    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: It tells people to "exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus".
    2. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    3. present: It says people should "exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus", guidance on protective behavior.
    4. present: It says people 'are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather'.
    5. present: It tells people 'to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    6. present: It tells people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    7. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during severe weather'.
    8. present: It asks people 'to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    9. present: It tells people 'to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus', a protective instruction.
    10. present: It says everyone is 'expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    11. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus', a protective instruction.
    12. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    13. present: It says people are 'expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely'.
    14. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    15. present: It says people should "exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus".
    16. present: It says people are 'expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely', a protective instruction.
    17. present: It asks people 'to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus', a protective instruction.
    18. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    19. present: It says people should exercise good judgement on whether they can travel safely to campus.
    20. present: It says people are 'expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    21. present: It says people 'are expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    22. present: It says people are 'expected to exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    23. present: It urges people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
    24. present: It says people should 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus', a safety instruction.
    25. present: It asks people to 'exercise good judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus'.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Unanimous: timing is explicit, from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, plus shuttles ending at 6 p.m. tonight.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It gives "12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19" as the remote operations window.
    2. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    3. present: It gives "12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19" and "6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18".
    4. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and '6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    5. present: It gives 'Wednesday, Feb. 19' and '6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    6. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 6 p.m. Tuesday.
    7. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    8. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' as the period of remote operations.
    9. present: It gives 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' for remote operations.
    10. present: It specifies remote operations 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19'.
    11. present: It gives 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    12. present: It says remote operations run 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19'.
    13. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    14. present: It says remote operations run '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19'.
    15. present: It gives the window "12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19" for remote operations.
    16. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' as the remote period.
    17. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and shuttles ending '6 p.m. tonight'.
    18. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    19. present: It gives Wednesday, Feb. 19 from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. and 6 p.m. tonight.
    20. present: It gives 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and '6 p.m. tonight'.
    21. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and shuttles ending '6 p.m. tonight'.
    22. present: It gives 'from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and 'Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    23. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' as the period of remote operations.
    24. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' and '6 p.m. tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 18'.
    25. present: It gives '12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19' as the period of remote operations.
  • Impactabsent1/25

    Final assessment

    24 of 25 reads find no impact: the line about whether people can travel safely hints at risk but never states what the weather could do. One read counted that hint.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: It does not say what the weather could do beyond affecting travel and operations.
    2. absent: It does not describe any danger or consequence of the weather itself.
    3. absent: It hints at unsafe travel but never states what the severe weather could do or how serious it is.
    4. present: Its caution about whether people 'can travel safely to campus during severe weather' implies a real travel danger.
    5. absent: It mentions traveling safely but does not state what harm the weather could cause.
    6. absent: It mentions traveling safely but never states a consequence or severity of the weather.
    7. absent: It hints travel may be unsafe but never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    8. absent: It implies travel risk but never states what harm the weather could cause.
    9. absent: It hints at safe travel but never states what the severe weather could do or how serious it is.
    10. absent: It mentions traveling safely but never states what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    11. absent: It hints at travel safety but never states what the winter weather could do to people or property.
    12. absent: It hints at travel safety but states no explicit consequence or severity of the weather.
    13. absent: It implies travel may be unsafe but never states a consequence or severity of the weather.
    14. absent: It hints at travel safety but never states what the winter weather could do or how severe it is.
    15. absent: It hints at unsafe travel but does not explicitly state what the weather could do.
    16. absent: It hints travel may be unsafe but never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    17. absent: It hints at unsafe travel but states no explicit consequence of the weather.
    18. absent: It hints at unsafe travel but never states what the storm could do to people or property.
    19. absent: It only hints at travel safety and does not state what the weather could do to people.
    20. absent: Beyond implying travel may be unsafe, it states no explicit harm or severity of the weather.
    21. absent: It hints at travel safety but never states what the weather could do to people or property.
    22. absent: It hints travel may not be safe but never states what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    23. absent: It hints at unsafe travel but never states what the weather could do.
    24. absent: It mentions traveling safely but states no specific consequence or severity of the weather.
    25. absent: It hints at travel safety but never states an explicit consequence of the weather.

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Campus Alert Archive. "University of Missouri: Campus shift to remote operations weather notice — system shifting wednesday." Incident of February 18, 2025. Added July 2026; last updated September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-missouri-mu-campusum-system-shifting-remote-operations-wednesday-2025-02-18/

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