{
  "id": "2025-02-06-umass-lowell-weather-closure",
  "slug": "umass-lowell-weather-closure-2025-02-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Massachusetts Lowell",
    "shortName": "UMass Lowell",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "UML Alert / @UMLAlerts / @UMLEmergPrep",
    "enrollment": 18000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-06",
    "endDate": "2025-02-07",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Full-day weather close with midnight parking ban",
    "headlinePublic": "Full-day weather close with midnight parking ban",
    "summary": "UMass Lowell [closed Thursday 2/6 for inclement weather](https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887243486434631872) and [ended the parking ban at 5 p.m. that day](https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887607663305105688).",
    "outcome": "Full-day close with GPS online continuing; parking ban lifted 5 p.m. Thursday."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-05T15:54:45-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UML Alert: UMass Lowell will close on 2/6/25 due to inclement weather. All on-campus courses, business operations and transportation services will be canceled. GPS online classes will continue as scheduled. Parking ban to start at 12 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887243486434631872",
      "sourceDescription": "@UMLAlerts Thursday full-day weather close",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (oembed convert_charrefs True + fxtwitter) 2026-09-14. sha256 cb6b9d60f1107a975d15057d3f8b5a9f51bf95aa084ae5f4a30b25ba0bcc2e93.",
        "Timeline +/-48h walked 2026-09-14: sequence 2 parking-ban end is an unthreaded follow-up. Next @UMLAlerts product is the distinct Saturday 2/8 parking-ban start, not this incident.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-02-13-umass-lowell-delayed-opening and from 2026-02-23-umass-lowell-blizzard-multi-day-closure."
      ],
      "characterCount": 264
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-06T16:01:51-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UML Alert: A UML campus parking ban will end at 5 p.m. today, 2/6/25. Please return vehicles to regularly assigned areas before 7 a.m. on 2/7/25 to avoid a citation. See https://t.co/JSkZv3Wdy0.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887607663305105688",
      "sourceDescription": "@UMLAlerts Thursday parking-ban end",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (oembed convert_charrefs True + fxtwitter) 2026-09-14. sha256 e1af13535f24fcbfb91f76526c4544d299d0c6cfabd9b97ef54ec849f0a0501e."
      ],
      "characterCount": 194
    }
  ],
  "context": "UMass Lowell posts UML Alert products on [@UMLAlerts](https://x.com/UMLAlerts) via Rave Alert Twitter Integration. Official posts for this incident: the [Thursday close](https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887243486434631872) and the [parking-ban end](https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887607663305105688).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Thursday full-day weather close with GPS online continuing and a midnight-start parking ban lifted at 5 p.m."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UMLAlerts Thursday full-day weather close",
      "url": "https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887243486434631872",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UMLAlerts Thursday parking-ban end",
      "url": "https://x.com/UMLAlerts/status/1887607663305105688",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "massachusetts",
    "winter-storm",
    "umass-lowell"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-14",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}