{
  "id": "2025-01-06-longwood-university-winter-break-ice-closures",
  "slug": "longwood-university-winter-break-ice-closures-2025-01-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Longwood University",
    "shortName": "Longwood",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Longwood Alerts / alerts.longwood.edu",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-01-06",
    "endDate": "2025-01-07",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Two-day ice closures after winter break",
    "headlinePublic": "Two-day ice closures after winter break",
    "summary": "Longwood [closed Monday, Jan. 6 for expected inclement weather](https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1625/) and [remained closed Tuesday, Jan. 7 for ice](https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1725/).",
    "outcome": "Two closed days. Most dining venues were already closed for winter break."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-04T14:21:54-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Faculty, Staff, and Students,\n    \n        Longwood University campus will be closed on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025, due to expected inclement weather conditions.\n    \n\n    Amended hours for on-campus facilities are:\n    \n    Longwood Dining:\n    \n        Chick-fil-A: Closed\n        Moe’s: Closed for winter break\n        Dorrill Dining Hall: Closed for winter break\n        POD: Closed for winter break\n        Panda Express, FarmGrill, Greens to Go: Closed for winter break\n        Upchurch Starbucks: Closed for winter break\n    \n    \n    Facilities:\n    \n        Upchurch University Center: Closed\n        Greenwood Library: Closed\n        Health & Fitness Center: Closed\n        University Health Center: Closed\n    \n\n    \n        — Students living in Lancer Park are asked to move their vehicles to either the freshman or visitors parking areas.\n\n        — Please do not park in the retail spaces at Longwood Landings to allow for snow plows to clear the area.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1625/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: campus closed Jan. 6",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent WP REST fetch 2026-08-24 after named TLS cert-expired. sha256 fd2932be68fb66968d5c178a3604fac019391103cd137b8675f4691251f7de83. WP timestamps treated as America/New_York wall time.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-02-11-longwood-university-february-ice-closures: different ice window.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-12-05-longwood-university-exam-week-ice-closures: different ice window.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-26-longwood-university-winter-storm-fern-closures: different ice window.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-03-16-longwood-university-early-close-severe-storms: different date and storm type."
      ],
      "characterCount": 960
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-01-06T16:14:22-05:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Faculty, staff and students—\n\nLongwood University campus will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, due to continuing inclement weather and icy conditions.\n\nAmended hours for on-campus facilities are:\n\nLongwood Dining:\n\n  Chick-fil-A: Closed\n  Moe’s: Closed for winter break\n  Dorrill Dining Hall: Closed for winter break\n  POD: Closed for winter break\n  Panda Express, FarmGrill, Greens to Go: Closed for winter break\n  Upchurch Starbucks: Closed for winter break\n\nFacilities:\n\n  Upchurch University Center: Closed\n  Greenwood Library: Closed (electronic resources available through the website)\n  Health & Fitness Center: Closed\n  University Health Center: Closed",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1725/",
      "sourceDescription": "Longwood Alerts archive: campus closed Jan. 7",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent WP REST fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 6ed421df08be60966d723463109b30ab835e6d60f07605dc83916c81d2d82d23."
      ],
      "characterCount": 663
    }
  ],
  "context": "Longwood posts weather products at [alerts.longwood.edu](https://alerts.longwood.edu/) (TLS certificate expired as of 2026-08-24). These two products closed campus Monday and Tuesday after winter break for ice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Monday and Tuesday closures for ice.",
    "Most dining halls were already closed for winter break."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: campus closed Jan. 6",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1625/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523; TLS certificate expired"
    },
    {
      "title": "Longwood Alerts: campus closed Jan. 7",
      "url": "https://alerts.longwood.edu/campus-closed-1725/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523; TLS certificate expired"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "virginia",
    "longwood",
    "winter-storm",
    "2025"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}