{
  "id": "2026-06-11-indiana-university-south-bend-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "indiana-university-south-bend-tornado-warning-2026-06-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Indiana University South Bend",
    "shortName": "IU South Bend",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "IU Notify / IUSB Alert",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-06-11",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "IUSB SEEK SHELTER NOW alerts for St. Joe and Elkhart County tornado warnings",
    "headlinePublic": "IUSB SEEK SHELTER NOW alerts for St. Joe and Elkhart County tornado warnings",
    "summary": "On the night of Thursday, June 11, 2026, [IU Public Safety](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065244849389899848) posted IUSB Alert messages directing people to seek shelter for successive National Weather Service tornado warnings covering St. Joseph County and later Elkhart County near the South Bend campus.",
    "outcome": "The cited NWS tornado warnings expired later that night. No separate IUSB all-clear post was located on the @IUpolice feed in the immediate window."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-11T21:28:37-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUSB Alert:St. Joe County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 11 at 9:26PM EDT until June 11 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065244849389899848",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety, full status text)",
      "annotations": [
        "St. Joe County warning for IUSB campus area"
      ],
      "characterCount": 142
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-11T22:53:21-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUSB Alert:Elkhart County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued June 11 at 10:51PM EDT until June 11 at 11:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065266175043359128",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice on X (official IU Public Safety, full status text)",
      "annotations": [
        "Later Elkhart County warning still under IUSB Alert prefix"
      ],
      "characterCount": 143
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Indiana University South Bend](https://southbend.iu.edu/) receives IUSB Alert emergency messages. On June 11, 2026, [@IUpolice](https://x.com/IUpolice) relayed two SEEK SHELTER NOW tornado warnings for counties in the South Bend region under the IUSB Alert prefix.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two IUSB Alert tornado posts the same night for adjacent counties",
    "Official @IUpolice X mirror provides full transmitted text"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice on X — IUSB St. Joe County tornado",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065244849389899848",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-20"
    },
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice on X — IUSB Elkhart County tornado",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2065266175043359128",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-20"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tornado",
    "iu-south-bend",
    "indiana",
    "2026"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}