{
  "id": "2019-04-19-clemson-university-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "clemson-university-tornado-warning-2019-04-19",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Clemson University",
    "shortName": "Clemson",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CU Alert",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2019-04-19",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Tornado warning; seek shelter; later all-clear",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warning; seek shelter; later all-clear",
    "summary": "Clemson issued a [CU SAFE ALERT tornado warning directing people to seek shelter](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning/), then an [all-clear when the warning was cancelled](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning-canceled/).",
    "outcome": "Tornado warning cancelled; normal activity resumed.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2019-04-19 ~08:30 (CU Alerts)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "CU SAFE ALERT: Tornado warning. Seek shelter immediately away from outside walls and windows or in stairwells until you get the ALL CLEAR message.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts official archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alerts.clemson.edu"
      ],
      "characterCount": 146
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "2019-04-19 ~09:10 (CU Alerts)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "All clear. Tornado warning has been cancelled. Please return to normal activity.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning-canceled/",
      "sourceDescription": "CU Alerts all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Complete text from alerts.clemson.edu"
      ],
      "characterCount": 80
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official full text from [alerts.clemson.edu](https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning/).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official CU Alerts archive full-text recovery"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts official archive",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts all-clear",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/2019/04/19/cu-safe-alert-tornado-warning-canceled/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "CU Alerts index",
      "url": "https://alerts.clemson.edu/",
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    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "clemson",
    "cu-alerts"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}