{
  "id": "2026-05-06-meridian-community-college-severe-weather-early-close",
  "slug": "meridian-community-college-severe-weather-early-close-2026-05-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Meridian Community College",
    "shortName": "MCC",
    "state": "MS",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "official X / @MCCEagles",
    "enrollment": 3000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-05-06",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Early close at 2 pm under threat of severe weather",
    "headlinePublic": "Early close at 2 pm under threat of severe weather",
    "summary": "Meridian Community College [issued a weather operations notice](https://x.com/MCCEagles/status/2052066645233787268).",
    "outcome": "Early close at 2 pm under threat of severe weather"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-05-06T11:43:08-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "CLOSING EARLY. Due to the threat of severe weather in our area, Meridian Community College will close today, May 6 at 2pm. \n\nPlease stay weather aware and follow MCC's social media for additional updates.\n\n#MccEagles #FindYourWings #MccWeatherAlert",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/MCCEagles/status/2052066645233787268",
      "sourceDescription": "@MCCEagles weather ops",
      "characterCount": 248,
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Second blind transcription: independent keyword_search + thread_fetch byte-identical sha256 9e94eee984f5489ab9bc77bd23a3169d4daca6ee929367e2c2f2393e4192d295. SPN 523."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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/2052066645233787268",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-06",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "community-college",
    "mississippi",
    "severe-weather",
    "meridian",
    "new-institution"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-06",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-06",
  "addedBy": "ingestion",
  "annotations": [
    "EXPANSION batch 328. Dual-blind X. New CC census+geo."
  ]
}