{
  "id": "2026-06-11-indiana-university-indianapolis-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "indiana-university-indianapolis-tornado-warning-2026-06-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Indiana University Indianapolis",
    "shortName": "IU Indy",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "IU Notify / IU Indy emergency",
    "enrollment": 25000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-11",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Marion County tornado warnings trigger IU Indy SEEK SHELTER NOW alerts",
    "headlinePublic": "Marion County tornado warnings trigger IU Indy SEEK SHELTER NOW alerts",
    "summary": "On the night of Thursday, June 11, 2026, [IU Public Safety](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065261956903096517) posted successive IU Indy emergency alerts for Marion County directing people to seek shelter after the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings. A second post about 17 minutes later extended the warning window while repeating the shelter order.",
    "outcome": "The NWS tornado warnings cited in the IU Indy posts expired later that night. No separate IU Indy all-clear post was located on the @IUpolice feed in the immediate window."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-11T22:36:35-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IU Indy emergency:Marion County: SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 11 at 10:35PM EDT until June 11 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065261956903096517",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety, full status text)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full text from official @IUpolice; IU Indy campus prefix for Marion County"
      ],
      "characterCount": 149
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-11T22:53:04-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IU Indy emergency:Marion County: SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 11 at 10:50PM EDT until June 11 at 11:15PM EDT by NWS Indianapolis IN",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065266103547285658",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety, full status text)",
      "annotations": [
        "Updated NWS window; same SEEK SHELTER NOW instruction"
      ],
      "characterCount": 149
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Indiana University Indianapolis](https://indianapolis.iu.edu/) receives campus-specific emergency messages via IU Notify. On Thursday night, June 11, 2026, the official [@IUpolice](https://x.com/IUpolice) account posted IU Indy emergency SEEK SHELTER NOW messages tied to National Weather Service tornado warnings for Marion County, including explicit warning validity windows.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two official IU Indy emergency posts within about 17 minutes for successive Marion County tornado warnings",
    "Messages preserve IU's compact campus-prefix format",
    "Same-night regional IU campus tornado alerts (IUSB, IUN, IUK) filed as separate campus cases"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice on X — IU Indy tornado 10:35 PM",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065261956903096517",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-20"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice on X — IU Indy tornado 10:50 PM",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065266103547285658",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-20"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tornado",
    "iu-indy",
    "indianapolis",
    "indiana",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}