{
  "id": "2026-01-27-meridian-community-college-delayed-start",
  "slug": "meridian-community-college-delayed-start-2026-01-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Meridian Community College",
    "shortName": "MCC",
    "state": "MS",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "official X / @MCCEagles",
    "enrollment": 3000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-27",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Delayed start at 9 am as normal operations resume after weather",
    "headlinePublic": "Delayed start at 9 am as normal operations resume after weather",
    "summary": "Meridian Community College [issued a weather operations notice](https://x.com/MCCEagles/status/2015848508012581233). Distinct incident from 2026-01-26-meridian-community-college-winter-weather-closure-virtual: product day 2026-01-27.",
    "outcome": "Delayed start at 9 am as normal operations resume after weather"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-01-26T12:05:11-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "DELAYED START. Out of an abundance of caution, Meridian Community College will resume normal campus operations with a delayed start at 9am on January 27. \n\nPlease continue to monitor our social media channels for any additional updates.\n\n#MccEagles #FindYourWings #DelayedStart",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/MCCEagles/status/2015848508012581233",
      "sourceDescription": "@MCCEagles weather ops",
      "characterCount": 277,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Second blind transcription: independent keyword_search + thread_fetch byte-identical sha256 55a9e38bdacda33bc0c800ba09bde6a6b0ae4295880d9991123da83fb0505941. SPN 523.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-26-meridian-community-college-winter-weather-closure-virtual: product day 2026-01-27 is a separate operations day."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": "Meridian Community College (Meridian, Mississippi) posts operations notices on [@MCCEagles](https://x.com/MCCEagles). New institution this batch.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official X weather operations with early close / virtual / delayed start product forms."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@MCCEagles weather ops",
      "url": "https://x.com/MCCEagles/status/2015848508012581233",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-06",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "mississippi",
    "winter-storm",
    "meridian",
    "new-institution"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-06",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-06",
  "addedBy": "ingestion",
  "annotations": [
    "EXPANSION batch 328. Dual-blind X. New CC census+geo.",
    "Distinct incident from 2026-01-26-meridian-community-college-winter-weather-closure-virtual: product day 2026-01-27 is a separate operations day."
  ]
}