{
  "id": "2025-01-21-duke-university-icy-conditions-severe-weather-policy",
  "slug": "duke-university-icy-conditions-severe-weather-policy-2025-01-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Duke University",
    "shortName": "Duke",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "DukeALERT",
    "enrollment": 17000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-21",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Icy conditions activate the severe weather policy",
    "headlinePublic": "Icy conditions activate the severe weather policy",
    "summary": "DukeALERT [activated the severe weather policy from midnight to noon Wednesday](https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml) because of icy conditions, then [extended it until midnight Wednesday](https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml). The marine lab, which had 8 inches of snow Tuesday evening, was extended through noon Thursday.",
    "outcome": "The policy ran through midnight Wednesday for the university. The marine lab extension ran through noon Thursday. Health system staff were pointed to an internal memo."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "On the emergency.duke.edu feed saved 2025-01-22. The message sets the policy from midnight to noon Wednesday and mentions Tuesday night. It carries no send clock. The save time is not the send time.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to icy conditions, Duke University, including the School of Medicine and School of Nursing, will activate the severe weather and emergency conditions policy from midnight to noon Wednesday.\n\nDuke University Health System will operate on a normal schedule, but most Duke Health clinics will have a delayed opening. DUHS team members should refer to this site for additional information.\n\nUniversity employees in “essential service” roles should report to or remain at work during this time, and managers should notify staff and implement departmental severe weather plans as appropriate.\n\nIf instructors are able to provide sufficient notice to students, they may transition their morning in-person classes to an online format, but students should not be penalized if unable to attend.\n\nContractors and crews will be on-site Tuesday night and Wednesday morning to address any potential problem areas. Individuals coming to campus should allow for extra time for travel and use extreme caution when traveling to and around campus in case there are icy spots.\n\nOn Wednesday, all medical center permit holders will be able to access PG2 to allow crews to treat and clear parking lots. The top level of all parking garages on campus will be closed Wednesday as a safety precaution.\n\nBus routes will depend on weather conditions. Every effort will be made to continue the C-1 bus route, weather permitting. Duke community members should monitor Duke TransLoc for real-time updates on transit routes.\n\nDuke community members are encouraged to stay informed by checking this site, as well as the Campus Service Updates web page for additional updates on parking lots, busing routes, dining facilities, and stores.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "sourceDescription": "DukeALERT severe weather policy activation",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent reads agreed on 2026-10-04. sha256 fcdee1fe41cd332677ed39df572543cfa329c3e2e10d98339f2ca0da57640cc3.",
        "Same incident as the extension in sequence 2. Wednesday in this message is January 22, 2025. The activation names Tuesday night, so the incident date is January 21."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1709
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Same feed save as sequence 1. The message extends the policy until midnight Wednesday. It carries no send clock.",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to icy conditions on campus, Duke University will extend the severe weather and emergency conditions policy until midnight Wednesday. Duke University Health System team members should refer to the internal memo for more information.\n\nThe Duke University Marine Lab received 8-inches of snow Tuesday evening and will extend the severe weather policy through noon Thursday.\n\nEmployees in “essential service” roles provide critical support for patient care, students, research, and other operations and should report to or remain at work during this time, and managers should notify staff and implement departmental severe weather plans as appropriate.\n\nIf instructors are able to provide sufficient notice to students, they may transition their afternoon in-person classes to an online format, but students should not be penalized if unable to attend. No in-person meetings of classes will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 22.\n\nCrews will continue to clear roads, parking lots, and walkways throughout the day. Individuals coming to campus should allow for extra time for travel and use extreme caution when traveling to and around campus due to potential icy spots.\n\nOn Wednesday, all medical center permit holders will be able to access PG2 and PG3 to allow crews to treat and clear parking lots. The top level of all parking garages on campus will be closed through Thursday as a safety precaution.\n\nAll medical center bus routes are operating. On campus, all routes except for the LaSalle Loop and PR-1 are operating. Duke community members should monitor Duke TransLoc for real-time updates on transit routes.\n\nDuke community members are encouraged to stay informed by checking this website, as well as the Campus Service Updates web page for additional updates on parking lots, busing routes, dining facilities, and stores.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "sourceDescription": "DukeALERT severe weather policy extended to midnight",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent reads agreed on 2026-10-04. sha256 03292f30cbfc43045fe41429f1d374869d0a8344945cbe43f6e324a7f528afb2. Sequence 2 is the extension, after the midnight-to-noon activation."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1825
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both messages were on the [emergency.duke.edu feed](https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml) saved the morning after the activation.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Icy conditions put the severe weather policy in effect from midnight to noon Wednesday, then until midnight. The marine lab, with 8 inches of snow, was extended through noon Thursday."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DukeALERT severe weather policy activation",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "archiveNotes": "Existing Wayback capture of the emergency feed. No new SPN save."
    },
    {
      "title": "DukeALERT severe weather policy extended to midnight",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250122190915id_/https://emergency.duke.edu/feed.xml",
      "archiveNotes": "Existing Wayback capture of the emergency feed. No new SPN save."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "north-carolina",
    "duke",
    "winter-storm"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}