{
  "id": "2026-08-21-mississippi-state-university-starkville-severe-thunderstorm-warning",
  "slug": "mississippi-state-university-starkville-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-08-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Mississippi State University",
    "shortName": "MSU",
    "state": "MS",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Maroon Alert",
    "enrollment": 22000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-21",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Early-morning Starkville thunderstorm warning with hail concern",
    "headlinePublic": "Early-morning Starkville thunderstorm warning with hail concern",
    "summary": "Maroon Alert [warned that the Starkville Campus was under a severe thunderstorm warning, with strong winds and hail a concern, and told people to monitor local conditions and stay weather aware](https://x.com/maroonalert/status/2090712845163847919).",
    "outcome": "Campus-named seek-awareness product issued for the early-morning warning window. No further @maroonalert post for this incident."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-21T03:09:20-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "The Starkville Campus is under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Strong winds and hail are a concern. Monitor local conditions and stay weather aware.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/maroonalert/status/2090712845163847919",
      "sourceDescription": "@maroonalert Starkville severe thunderstorm warning",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-23. sha256 14abc4d07ae5f41a5c44dfde0b770bd9a330e4e9dc376eb9a166579b95873751.",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-23: no further posts from @maroonalert for this incident.",
        "Timeline +/-48h also contains a later 2026-08-22 evening product with the same template (2091341235835330584) and an earlier 2026-08-19 NWS-relay post without campus protective instruction (2090163435698802892). Those are distinct warning windows, not follow-ups of this incident.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-22-mississippi-state-university-starkville-evening-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different NWS window. Adjacent-date same type; cited."
      ],
      "characterCount": 147
    }
  ],
  "context": "Mississippi State posts Maroon Alert products on [@maroonalert](https://x.com/maroonalert). This product names the Starkville Campus and tells recipients to monitor local conditions and stay weather aware, so it is filed as an emergency notification rather than a routine NWS relay.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Single-alert Maroon Alert: Starkville Campus under an SVR, strong winds and hail a concern, monitor local conditions."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@maroonalert Starkville severe thunderstorm warning",
      "url": "https://x.com/maroonalert/status/2090712845163847919",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "mississippi",
    "weather",
    "maroon-alert",
    "fresh-week"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}