{
  "id": "2026-03-16-caldwell-community-college-watauga-early-close",
  "slug": "caldwell-community-college-watauga-early-close-2026-03-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute",
    "shortName": "CCC&TI",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Regroup / official X",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "CCC&TI Watauga early close 5 p.m. (Mar 16, 2026)",
    "headlinePublic": "CCC&TI Watauga early close 5 p.m. (Mar 16, 2026)",
    "summary": "Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute [closed Watauga Campus at 5 p.m. Monday March 16, 2026 due to inclement weather](https://x.com/cccti/status/2033641291892838858), preceding the March 17 full Watauga closure already in the archive.",
    "outcome": "Watauga closed at 5 p.m. March 16."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-16",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "❄️⚠️Watauga Campus weather alert for Monday, March 16: Due to inclement weather, our Watauga Campus will close at 5 PM on Monday, March 16, 2026. Students should check Moodle and email instructors for any information about specific courses.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2033641291892838858",
      "sourceDescription": "Watauga early close Mar 16",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @cccti X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 240
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b276 CCC&TI residual Watauga early close before Mar 17 full close.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Early close preceding next-day full campus close."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Watauga early close Mar 16",
      "url": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2033641291892838858",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "north-carolina",
    "winter-storm",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}