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  "id": "2024-05-16-prairie-view-am-university-waller-county-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "prairie-view-am-university-waller-county-tornado-warning-2024-05-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Prairie View A&M University",
    "shortName": "PVAMU",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "hbcu",
    "alertSystemName": "Panther Alert / @PVAMU",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-05-16",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Waller County tornado warning with ground-sighted storm shelter order",
    "headlinePublic": "Waller County tornado warning with ground-sighted storm shelter order",
    "summary": "PVAMU [issued a Panther Alert tornado warning for Waller County after a tornado was sighted on the ground](https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791241613735247874), then [expired the warning](https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791252397324468713) and [closed campuses the next day for regional storm damage](https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791320653506691128).",
    "outcome": "Warning expired same evening; all campuses closed Friday May 17 for regional damage.",
    "endDate": "2024-05-17"
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-05-16T17:57:35-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "|Panther Alert|\n\nTORNADO WARNING issued for Waller County. Tornado sighted on ground. Seek shelter indoors immediately. Continue to monitor conditions.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791241613735247874",
      "sourceDescription": "@PVAMU Panther Alert tornado",
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    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2024-05-16T18:40:26-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Panther Alert\n\nTORNADO WARNING issued for Waller County has expired. Continue to monitor local media for weather conditions.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791252397324468713",
      "sourceDescription": "@PVAMU Panther Alert tornado expired",
      "characterCount": 124,
      "annotations": [
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        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
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    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2024-05-16T23:11:39-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Due to widespread damage across the Greater Houston area, all PVAMU campuses will be closed Friday, May 17.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791320653506691128",
      "sourceDescription": "@PVAMU campus closure after storms",
      "characterCount": 107,
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-03; second blind sha256 match.",
        "SPN 523 at capture (web.archive.org/save returned 523)."
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      "textSha256": "1e7841fddbd0eaaebd70a2c1c142988dfac50150c5d755f917eae8e08096dd8f"
    }
  ],
  "context": "PVAMU official public alert channel.",
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    "HBCU official full-text alert capture from public source."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@PVAMU Panther Alert tornado",
      "url": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791241613735247874",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@PVAMU Panther Alert tornado expired",
      "url": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791252397324468713",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "@PVAMU campus closure after storms",
      "url": "https://x.com/PVAMU/status/1791320653506691128",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "hbcu",
    "texas",
    "tornado",
    "panther-alert",
    "prairie-view"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}