{
  "id": "2024-05-08-missouri-southern-state-university-joplin-tornado-threat-lifted",
  "slug": "missouri-southern-state-university-joplin-tornado-threat-lifted-2024-05-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Missouri Southern State University",
    "shortName": "MSSU",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "MSSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-05-08",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Joplin tornado threat lifted while severe thunderstorm warning continues",
    "headlinePublic": "Joplin tornado threat lifted while severe thunderstorm warning continues",
    "summary": "Missouri Southern State University [issued an MSSU product that the Joplin area was no longer under a tornado threat while remaining under a severe thunderstorm warning](https://www.getrave.com/rss/mssu/channel1).",
    "outcome": "Tornado threat lifted for Joplin area; severe thunderstorm warning continued with caution guidance."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-05-08T15:13:37-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "MSSU: The Joplin area is no longer under a tornado threat at this time, although the area remains in a severe thunderstorm warning. Please be careful.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/mssu/channel1",
      "sourceDescription": "MSSU Rave RSS (mssu/channel1)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent Rave RSS fetch 2026-08-10. SPN 523 (timeout/401 named).",
        "pubDate 2024-05-08T20:13:37Z; CDT applied (May).",
        "First confirmed-verbatim product for MSSU via newly discovered Rave tenant mssu. Product is tornado-threat lift (partial all-clear) with residual severe-storm warning.",
        "First-message queue 2026-08-16: first preserved Rave product is the tornado-threat-lifted all-clear. Initial warning product is not in the live feed."
      ],
      "characterCount": 150
    }
  ],
  "context": "Missouri Southern State University issues MSSU Alert products via Rave; public feed at [getrave.com/rss/mssu/channel1](https://www.getrave.com/rss/mssu/channel1).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Partial weather all-clear distinguishes tornado threat lift from continuing severe thunderstorm warning."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "MSSU Rave RSS Joplin tornado threat lifted",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/mssu/channel1",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN at capture timed out / 401 — named failure, not silent null"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mssu",
    "tornado",
    "severe-storm",
    "all-clear"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}