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  "id": "2026-06-17-indiana-university-bloomington-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "indiana-university-bloomington-tornado-warning-2026-06-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Indiana University Bloomington",
    "shortName": "IU Bloomington",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "IUB Alert",
    "enrollment": 45000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-17",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Tornado warnings for Monroe County with seek-shelter orders",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warnings for Monroe County with seek-shelter orders",
    "summary": "IU Bloomington [IUB Alerts](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067424928421318890) issued multiple SEEK SHELTER NOW tornado warnings for Monroe County during the evening of June 17, 2026.",
    "outcome": "Sequenced NWS-backed tornado warnings with campus protective instructions.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-17T21:51:28-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Alert:Monroe County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 17 at 9:48PM EDT until June 17 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067424928421318890",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official @IUpolice status 2067424928421318890"
      ],
      "characterCount": 139
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-17T21:54:08-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Alert:Monroe County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 17 at 9:52PM EDT until June 17 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067425601573577162",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official @IUpolice status 2067425601573577162"
      ],
      "characterCount": 139
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-17T21:59:14-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Alert:Monroe County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 17 at 9:57PM EDT until June 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067426882987974894",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official @IUpolice status 2067426882987974894"
      ],
      "characterCount": 139
    },
    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-17T22:19:10-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUB Alert:Monroe County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 17 at 10:15PM EDT until June 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067431899681738888",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official @IUpolice status 2067431899681738888"
      ],
      "characterCount": 140
    }
  ],
  "context": "Indiana University Public Safety transmitted IUB emergency notifications via official @IUpolice (goldmine handle verified for multi-campus IU Notify relays).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete IUB short-form emergency text",
    "Campus protective instructions"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice post",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067424928421318890",
      "type": "official-social"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice",
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    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice update",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067425601573577162",
      "type": "official-social"
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    {
      "title": "@IUpolice update",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067426882987974894",
      "type": "official-social"
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    {
      "title": "@IUpolice update",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2067431899681738888",
      "type": "official-social"
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  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tornado",
    "iub-alert",
    "severe-weather",
    "indiana-university"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}