{
  "id": "2026-08-13-hawaii-community-college-tropical-storm-lala-weekend-close",
  "slug": "hawaii-community-college-tropical-storm-lala-weekend-close-2026-08-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Hawai'i Community College",
    "shortName": "HawCC",
    "state": "HI",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "UH Alert / Vulcan Alert",
    "alertPlatform": "website",
    "enrollment": 2500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-13",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Tropical Storm Lala closes the Hilo campus for the weekend",
    "headlinePublic": "Tropical Storm Lala closes the Hilo campus for the weekend",
    "summary": "A Vulcan Alert on the [Hilo emergency CAP feed](https://hilo.hawaii.edu/emergency-message/rave-cap/) closed Hawai'i Community College with the University of Hawai'i at Hilo for Tropical Storm Lala.",
    "outcome": "The message closed both campuses Saturday, August 15 through Sunday, August 16, and said normal operations were planned for Monday, August 17."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-13T16:31:16-10:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Vulcan Alert: In anticipation of Tropical Storm Lala, please be advised that the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and Hawaiʻi Community College campus, offices, and off-campus locations will be closed Saturday August 15 through Sunday, August 16, 2026, for precautionary measures. Campuses plan normal operations to return on Monday, August 17, 2026.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://hilo.hawaii.edu/emergency-message/rave-cap/",
      "sourceDescription": "Vulcan Alert CAP feed, Tropical Storm Lala closure",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetch 2026-10-04. sha256 fab2d370083007598264999ec268db2153c686c129ee74485b4fa9bb9e753668. CAP time 2026-08-13T16:31:16-10:00 America/Honolulu.",
        "The same message is already filed for University of Hawai'i at Hilo as 2026-08-13-university-of-hawaii-hilo-tropical-storm-lala. This case is the Hawai'i Community College record. Later posts on that Hilo case were not re-fetched here."
      ],
      "characterCount": 347
    }
  ],
  "context": "The [Vulcan Alert](https://hilo.hawaii.edu/emergency-message/rave-cap/) names both the University of Hawai'i at Hilo and Hawai'i Community College. The Hilo record is 2026-08-13-university-of-hawaii-hilo-tropical-storm-lala.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Tropical Storm Lala closure for the Hilo campus and Hawai'i Community College, Saturday August 15 through Sunday August 16."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Vulcan Alert CAP feed, Tropical Storm Lala closure",
      "url": "https://hilo.hawaii.edu/emergency-message/rave-cap/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "hawaii",
    "hawai'i-community-college",
    "severe-weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}