{
  "id": "2024-08-25-university-of-iowa-campus-power-outage",
  "slug": "university-of-iowa-campus-power-outage-2024-08-25",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Iowa",
    "shortName": "Iowa",
    "state": "IA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Hawk Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-08-25",
    "type": "power-outage",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Campus power outage prompts elevator warning and later restoration alert",
    "headlinePublic": "Campus power outage prompts elevator warning and later restoration alert",
    "summary": "Late on August 25 / early August 26, 2024, a [Hawk Alert](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-outage-impacting-some-campus-buildings-do-not-use-elevators-until-power-restored) reported a power outage impacting some campus buildings and told people not to use elevators until power was restored. A follow-up [Hawk Alert](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-has-been-restored-impacted-buildings-resume-normal-activity-more-emergencyuiowaedu) said power had been restored to impacted buildings.",
    "outcome": "Power was restored to impacted buildings; normal activity resumed."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-08-26T00:40:00-05:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "HAWK ALERT: A power outage is impacting some campus buildings. Do not use elevators until power is restored. More: emergency.uiowa.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-outage-impacting-some-campus-buildings-do-not-use-elevators-until-power-restored",
      "sourceDescription": "UI Hawk Alert Archive (page title = full SMS)",
      "annotations": [
        "Archive timestamp 08/26/2024 12:40 AM; filed under calendar night of Aug 25–26"
      ],
      "characterCount": 134
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "HAWK ALERT: Power has been restored to impacted buildings. Resume normal activity. More: emergency.uiowa.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-has-been-restored-impacted-buildings-resume-normal-activity-more-emergencyuiowaedu",
      "sourceDescription": "UI Hawk Alert Archive (page title = full SMS)",
      "annotations": [
        "Restoration / resume normal activity"
      ],
      "characterCount": 108
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Iowa [Hawk Alert Archive](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/archive) records a two-message power-outage sequence in late August 2024: elevator-use warning during the outage, then restoration.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official full SMS text for outage and restoration",
    "Explicit elevator safety instruction during outage"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Hawk Alert — campus power outage",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-outage-impacting-some-campus-buildings-do-not-use-elevators-until-power-restored",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hawk Alert — power restored",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-power-has-been-restored-impacted-buildings-resume-normal-activity-more-emergencyuiowaedu",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hawk Alert Archive",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/archive",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-21"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "power-outage",
    "hawk-alert",
    "iowa",
    "2024"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}