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  "id": "2025-09-13-texas-tech-jones-att-stadium-oregon-state-lightning-delay",
  "slug": "texas-tech-jones-att-stadium-oregon-state-lightning-delay-2025-09-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Texas Tech University",
    "shortName": "Texas Tech",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TechAlert!",
    "enrollment": 41000
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  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-13",
    "type": "severe-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Lightning within eight miles suspends a football game; play resumed in about 45 minutes",
    "headlinePublic": "Lightning within eight miles suspends a football game; play resumed in about 45 minutes",
    "summary": "At [2:47 PM CDT on September 13, 2025](https://wreckemred.com/texas-tech-week-3-weather-delay-updates-vs-oregon-state-latest-news-and-game-status), lightning was detected within eight miles of [Jones AT&T Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_AT%26T_Stadium) and the Texas Tech-Oregon State game was suspended. This was Texas Tech's second lightning-related home-game delay in two weeks following the August 30 supercell delay vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Fans were directed off the open seating decks into the concourse, restrooms, and vehicles. Texas Tech Football tweeted [the standardized template](https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966951843637911824) (\"We are currently in a lightning delay\") and [a follow-up estimating a 45-minute resumption](https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966954663976333513). The delay ended after approximately 45 minutes per the original estimate.",
    "outcome": "Game resumed at approximately 3:30 PM CDT. Texas Tech won 41-7. No injuries reported during the seating-bowl evacuation."
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      "type": "initial",
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      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "Approximately 2:58 PM CDT on September 13, 2025",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "We are monitoring weather conditions. The storm is moving through the area and we anticipate that the game will resume in approximately 45 minutes.",
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      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966954663976333513",
      "sourceDescription": "@TexasTechFB X/Twitter — 45-minute estimate follow-up",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim @TexasTechFB follow-up tweet, identical template to the August 30 game two weeks earlier, reinforcing that this is the standardized Texas Tech Athletics game-day weather messaging",
        "The 45-minute estimate proved accurate this time, unlike the August 30 supercell which ran 1 hour 30 minutes, the September 13 storm cell cleared on schedule",
        "Tweet posted about 11 minutes after the initial delay tweet; its X status ID timestamp decodes to 2:58 PM CDT on September 13, 2025"
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    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-09-13T15:30:13-05:00",
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      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966962643232845891",
      "sourceDescription": "@TexasTechFB on X (verbatim)",
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    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-09-13T15:55:00-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966968990640861490",
      "sourceDescription": "@TexasTechFB on X (verbatim raw t.co)",
      "annotations": [],
      "confidence": "high"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-09-13T16:47:01-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966981971953021287",
      "sourceDescription": "@TexasTechFB on X (verbatim)",
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    {
      "sequence": 6,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-09-13T17:20:00-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": false,
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/TexasTechFB/status/1966990509513023974",
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      "confidence": "high"
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  "context": "Jones AT&T Stadium is Texas Tech University's [60,229-seat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_AT%26T_Stadium) on-campus football venue in Lubbock, on the southern High Plains. The September 13, 2025 game against Oregon State was Texas Tech's second lightning-related home-game delay in two weeks, following the August 30 supercell delay vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff (documented separately in this archive). At 2:47 PM CDT, lightning was detected within eight miles of the stadium and play was suspended. @TexasTechFB tweeted the standardized lightning-delay message immediately, then followed up about 11 minutes later with the identical 45-minute estimate template that had debuted on August 30. Unlike the supercell delay, the September 13 storm cell cleared on schedule, play resumed at approximately 3:30 PM CDT after about 45 minutes. Texas Tech won 41-7. The standardized @TexasTechFB tweet templates, both the initial \"We are currently in a lightning delay\" and the follow-up \"We are monitoring weather conditions...\", are notable as an example of how Power 5 athletics departments are increasingly using preset operational language for repeatable game-day weather events. Jones AT&T Stadium would experience a [third weather delay on October 25 vs Oklahoma State](https://sports.yahoo.com/article/oklahoma-state-vs-texas-tech-185701130.html), making it one of the most weather-disrupted FBS venues of the 2025 season.",
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    "The September 13 tweet template is identical to the August 30 supercell tweet — Texas Tech Athletics standardized its weather-hold messaging across the 2025 season",
    "Three home-game weather delays at Jones AT&T Stadium in 2025 (Aug 30, Sep 13, Oct 25), a single-season FBS-leading total tied to the southern High Plains' active August-October convective season",
    "The 45-minute @TexasTechFB estimate proved accurate this time, unlike the August 30 supercell which ran 1 hour 30 minutes, showing how a single-strike clearance differs from a multi-cell supercell evacuation",
    "Verbatim @TexasTechFB tweets archived on X, both tweets remain accessible at TexasTechFB status IDs 1966951843637911824 and 1966954663976333513"
  ],
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      "title": "Texas Tech Week 3 weather delay updates vs Oregon State: Latest news and game status (Wreck'em Red)",
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      "title": "Texas Tech vs Oregon State lightning delay: Updates, game status, and more (Saturday Blitz)",
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    {
      "title": "Heavy rain, thunder trigger rain delay for TTU game, with more to come (KCBD)",
      "url": "https://www.kcbd.com/2025/09/13/heavy-rain-thunder-triggered-rain-delay-with-more-come/",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-05-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
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