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  "id": "2022-03-24-university-of-iowa-strong-smell-of-gas-at-chemistry-building-avoid-the",
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    "name": "University of Iowa",
    "shortName": "Iowa",
    "state": "IA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Hawk Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-03-24",
    "type": "hazardous-condition",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Strong smell of gas at Chemistry Building. Avoid the area",
    "headlinePublic": "Strong smell of gas at Chemistry Building. Avoid the area",
    "summary": "University of Iowa [issued a Hawk Alert](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-strong-smell-gas-chemistry-building-avoid-area-see-euiowaedu-further-information-0). Full text is preserved from the official emergency.uiowa.edu archive.",
    "outcome": "See official Hawk Alert archive page for further updates if any.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "HAWK ALERT: Strong smell of gas at Chemistry Building. Avoid the area. See e.uiowa.edu for further information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-strong-smell-gas-chemistry-building-avoid-area-see-euiowaedu-further-information-0",
      "sourceDescription": "University of Iowa Hawk Alert SMS archive (emergency.uiowa.edu)",
      "annotations": [
        "Recovered from official emergency.uiowa.edu archive page title containing full transmitted Hawk Alert text.",
        "Page datetime used for undated SMS archive entry."
      ],
      "characterCount": 111,
      "confidence": "high",
      "timestampApprox": "Archive page datetime 2022-03-24"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Iowa publishes Hawk Alert SMS archive at emergency.uiowa.edu; page titles often preserve full transmitted text.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Hawk Alert archive preserves complete short-form emergency SMS text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "HAWK ALERT: Strong smell of gas at Chemistry Building. Avoid the area. See e.uio",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-strong-smell-gas-chemistry-building-avoid-area-see-euiowaedu-further-information-0",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
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    "hawk-alert",
    "hazardous-condition"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}