{
  "id": "2026-04-23-emporia-state-university-tornado-warning-all-clear",
  "slug": "emporia-state-university-tornado-warning-all-clear-2026-04-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Emporia State University",
    "shortName": "ESU",
    "state": "KS",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "ESU Alert",
    "enrollment": 5500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-23",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "ESU Emporia tornado warning then all-clear (April 23, 2026)",
    "headlinePublic": "ESU Emporia tornado warning then all-clear (April 23, 2026)",
    "summary": "Emporia State University [issued an ESU Alert tornado warning for Emporia](https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047479728337289276), then [all-clear when the NWS warning expired](https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047488034514653300).",
    "outcome": "Tornado warning alerted then all-clear after expiration."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-04-23",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ESU Alert (Emporia):\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued April 23 at 7:55PM CDT until April 23 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047479728337289276",
      "sourceDescription": "ESU Alert tornado warning",
      "characterCount": 129,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @emporiastate X account."
      ]
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-04-23",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "ESU Alert (Emporia) - All clear. The tornado warning issued by the National Weather Service has expired for our area.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047488034514653300",
      "sourceDescription": "ESU Alert all-clear",
      "characterCount": 117,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @emporiastate X account."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b188 Emporia State residual April tornado.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Confirmed ESU Alert tornado warning and all-clear pair."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "ESU tornado warning April 23",
      "url": "https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047479728337289276",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "ESU all-clear April 23",
      "url": "https://x.com/emporiastate/status/2047488034514653300",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "kansas",
    "tornado",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}