{
  "id": "2024-08-08-east-carolina-university-tornado-warning-shelter",
  "slug": "east-carolina-university-tornado-warning-shelter-2024-08-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "East Carolina University",
    "shortName": "ECU",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "ECU Alert / @ECUalert",
    "alertPlatform": "Rave",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-08",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Tornado warning seek-shelter then resume activities",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warning seek-shelter then resume activities",
    "summary": "ECU Alert [ordered the campus to seek shelter indoors under a tornado warning](https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821523439343267884) and [cleared the warning about twenty-three minutes later](https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821529287008420047).",
    "outcome": "Tornado warning expired; normal activities resumed with continued weather monitoring."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-08T08:26:44-04:00",
      "verbatimText": "ECU ALERT:  Tornado Warning in effect. Seek shelter indoors immediately. Monitor weather conditions. Check https://www.ecu.edu/alert/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821523439343267884",
      "sourceDescription": "@ECUalert initial",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent x_thread_fetch match 2026-08-02 (expanded display URLs). Secondary agent path returned t.co URL form; body otherwise identical. SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523).",
        "Campus seek-shelter protective instruction accompanies NWS product language.",
        "Distinct incident from 2011-04-16-east-carolina-university-tornado-outbreak: different year and status IDs."
      ],
      "characterCount": 133
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-08T08:49:59-04:00",
      "verbatimText": "ECU ALERT: The tornado warning has expired. Resume normal activities, but continue to monitor weather conditions.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821529287008420047",
      "sourceDescription": "@ECUalert all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent x_thread_fetch match 2026-08-02 (expanded display URLs). Secondary agent path returned t.co URL form; body otherwise identical. SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 113
    }
  ],
  "context": "ECU posts severe-weather shelter instructions on [@ECUalert](https://x.com/ECUalert).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Seek-shelter indoors instruction, not a pure product-ID relay."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@ECUalert tornado warning",
      "url": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821523439343267884",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@ECUalert tornado expired",
      "url": "https://x.com/ECUalert/status/1821529287008420047",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-02",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "north-carolina",
    "tornado",
    "weather",
    "ecu-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-02",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-02",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}