October mid-morning flash flood warning for Columbia campus
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To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (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.
FLASH FLOOD WARNING issued for Columbia campus until 12:45 PM. Use caution in low-lying areas. Check http://t.co/ipfeTV7Cf3 for more info.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Campus product form for Columbia identifies institutional authority.
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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- present: Campus product form for Columbia identifies institutional authority.
- present: Official weather product for Columbia campus supplies the source frame.
- present: Columbia campus issuance line marks the institutional sender context.
- present: The product is structured as a university campus warning notice.
- present: Institutional Columbia campus framing identifies the alerting authority.
- present: Campus-directed warning format identifies who is addressing the community.
- present: Official product style for Columbia campus conveys sending authority.
- present: The issued-for-campus construction marks institutional origin.
- present: Campus warning product form identifies the issuing organization context.
- present: Source is the campus emergency product directed at Columbia recipients.
- present: University campus weather product header role is filled by the issuance line.
- present: The message presents as an institutional Columbia campus alert source.
- present: Institutional issuance for Columbia campus supplies the source element.
- present: Columbia campus product framing serves as the named authority.
- present: Campus-specific warning construction supplies source identification.
- present: The official issuance for Columbia campus marks the sending authority.
- present: Source reads as university emergency product for the Columbia campus.
- present: Institutional weather product for Columbia identifies who is sending.
- present: Campus product language functions as the alert system signature here.
- present: The Columbia campus warning form is the source identifier in this short text.
- present: Official campus-directed product supplies the source element.
- present: Issuance for Columbia campus identifies the institutional alert channel.
- present: The product names Columbia campus as the community of interest for an official notice.
- present: Campus emergency product language identifies institutional origin.
- present: Source element is satisfied by the official campus warning product form.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Names FLASH FLOOD WARNING or FLOOD WARNING as the specific hazard.
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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- present: Names FLASH FLOOD WARNING or FLOOD WARNING as the specific hazard.
- present: The concrete threat is the flood warning type stated in the opening.
- present: Hazard is the named flash flood or flood warning for the campus.
- present: Specific hazard wording appears in the warning product title line.
- present: The text states the exact weather hazard being issued for campus.
- present: Threat type is explicit in the flood warning product name.
- present: Hazard element is satisfied by the named flood warning.
- present: A specific weather threat is identified, not a generic emergency.
- present: The product names the meteorological flood hazard clearly.
- present: Hazard is the flash flood or flood warning stated.
- present: Opening line names the concrete weather danger.
- present: Specific threat language is present in the warning issuance.
- present: The hazard is the named flood event for campus.
- present: Weather warning type is stated as the what of the message.
- present: Explicit hazard name appears before the protective instruction.
- present: The text identifies the precise weather product hazard.
- present: Named warning type supplies a specific threat, not a vague incident.
- present: Hazard is clear from the WARNING product label.
- present: Flood hazard is named in plain language.
- present: The concrete danger is the flood warning named up front.
- present: Threat is the flood weather product stated for campus.
- present: Hazard wording is the warning type in the first sentence.
- present: Specific meteorological hazard is identified for recipients.
- present: The message states what the weather threat is by product name.
- present: Hazard present: named flash flood or flood warning.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Location is Columbia campus, named explicitly in the product.
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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- present: Location is Columbia campus, named explicitly in the product.
- present: The text pins the warning to Columbia campus as the place.
- present: Where is stated as the Columbia campus.
- present: Campus location is named as Columbia campus.
- present: Geographic frame is the Columbia campus area.
- present: Location element is Columbia campus in the issuance line.
- present: The place named is Columbia campus.
- present: Campus is identified as Columbia campus for the product.
- present: Location: Columbia campus is stated in the warning.
- present: The warning applies to Columbia campus as written.
- present: Place is explicit: Columbia campus.
- present: Named location is the Columbia campus.
- present: Columbia campus supplies the location element.
- present: The product is located at Columbia campus.
- present: Where: Columbia campus appears in the text.
- present: Campus geography is Columbia campus.
- present: Location is the Columbia campus community.
- present: The text says Columbia campus as the affected place.
- present: Place name Columbia campus is present.
- present: Location is satisfied by Columbia campus wording.
- present: The issuance names Columbia campus as where.
- present: Geographic target is Columbia campus.
- present: Columbia campus is the location reference.
- present: Place is Columbia campus in the product body.
- present: Location present via Columbia campus phrase.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Guidance tells recipients to use caution in low-lying areas.
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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- present: Guidance tells recipients to use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Protective action is use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Instruction is present: use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: The text directs recipients what to do for safety in low-lying areas.
- present: Guidance element is the low-lying areas caution instruction.
- present: Recipients are told to use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Protective guidance is explicit in the product.
- present: Action instruction appears as use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: The message tells people how to protect themselves in low-lying areas.
- present: Guidance: use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Audience is instructed to take protective caution action.
- present: Directive language appears as use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Protective action wording is present for recipients.
- present: The product includes a clear protective instruction.
- present: Guidance is the low-lying caution line.
- present: Instruction to the audience is stated.
- present: Use caution in low-lying areas is actionable guidance.
- present: Protective action is named for the campus community.
- present: The text says what to do: use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Guidance present via low-lying caution instruction.
- present: Recipient action is specified in the product.
- present: Protective directive is in the message body.
- present: Audience guidance is use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: The instruction element is satisfied by the caution text.
- present: Guidance tells people how to stay safe under the flood warning.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Time is present via until clock time in the product.
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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- present: Time is present via until clock time in the product.
- present: An until end time is stated for the warning window.
- present: The text includes a time cue for the warning window.
- present: Time element appears as until a stated hour.
- present: A clock time marker is present in the product.
- present: When is conveyed by until time language.
- present: Temporal cue is the until window in the product.
- present: Time is the until window stated in the text.
- present: The product states when the warning applies until.
- present: Time present: until a stated hour.
- present: End time is marked by until language.
- present: Temporal information appears in the warning text.
- present: Clock time supplies the time element.
- present: The until time is a time reference.
- present: Time is explicit in the product language.
- present: When is stated via until AM or PM language.
- present: A time window is present.
- present: Temporal marker is in the issuance.
- present: Time element: until a named hour.
- present: The text conveys timing for the warning.
- present: Until time satisfies the time element.
- present: Product timing is stated for recipients.
- present: Time cue is present in the short-form product.
- present: The message includes when language for the hazard.
- present: Time present through until wording.
Impactpresent25/25
Final assessment
Majority 25/25 present. Impact is implied by caution for low-lying risk under the flood warning.
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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- present: Impact is implied by caution for low-lying risk under the flood warning.
- present: Severity is conveyed by the caution language for low-lying areas.
- present: The product signals harm potential via low-lying caution framing.
- present: Impact element is present through caution for low-lying risk.
- present: Consequence risk is suggested by low-lying area caution.
- present: Urgency of the protective caution conveys severity of impact.
- present: Impact is the implied danger requiring caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Severity is present in the low-lying caution instruction.
- present: The text signals that conditions warrant protective caution for safety.
- present: Impact implied by the need to use caution in low-lying areas.
- present: Harm potential is conveyed by the protective caution wording.
- present: Low-lying caution signals consequence risk from flooding.
- present: Impact is present as implied safety risk under the flood warning.
- present: The product communicates severity via caution directives.
- present: Consequence framing appears through protective caution language.
- present: Impact element is the safety risk implied by the instructions.
- present: Severity is encoded in the caution phrasing for low-lying areas.
- present: The message conveys that the hazard can affect people if ignored.
- present: Impact present via caution that implies harm if no action taken.
- present: Protective caution signals potential impact of the flood hazard.
- present: The caution line implies real-world consequence risk.
- present: Impact is the implied danger behind the protective instruction.
- present: Severity is present without needing deadly or destructive wording.
- present: The product implies impact through action-forcing caution language.
- present: Impact element satisfied by urgency that marks the hazard as serious.
Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5
Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
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Campus Alert Archive. "University of South Carolina: October mid-morning flash flood warning for Columbia campus." Incident of October 7, 2015. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-south-carolina-columbia-flash-flood-warning-2015-10-07/
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