{
  "id": "2026-04-23-university-of-iowa-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "university-of-iowa-tornado-warning-2026-04-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Iowa",
    "shortName": "Iowa",
    "state": "IA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Hawk Alert / Crime Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-04-23",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Tornado warning until midnight; seek immediate shelter",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warning until midnight; seek immediate shelter",
    "summary": "On the night of Thursday, April 23, 2026, the University of Iowa posted a [Hawk Alert](https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-nws-tornado-warning-until-midnight-includes-parts-johnson-county-seek-immediate-shelter) for an NWS tornado warning until midnight covering parts of Johnson County, instructing the community to seek immediate shelter.",
    "outcome": "Warning ran until midnight; no separate cancellation page was recovered for this product."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-04-23T23:33:00-05:00",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "HAWK ALERT: NWS Tornado Warning until midnight includes parts of Johnson County. Seek immediate shelter. More: emergency.uiowa.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-nws-tornado-warning-until-midnight-includes-parts-johnson-county-seek-immediate-shelter",
      "sourceDescription": "University of Iowa Emergency Updates / Hawk Alert archive page",
      "annotations": [
        "Archive timestamp 04/23/2026 - 11:33 PM."
      ],
      "characterCount": 130,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Hawk Alert archived on emergency.uiowa.edu for the April 23, 2026 late-night tornado warning covering parts of Johnson County.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Seek immediate shelter guidance with timed tornado warning until midnight."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Hawk Alert tornado warning until midnight",
      "url": "https://emergency.uiowa.edu/hawk-alert-nws-tornado-warning-until-midnight-includes-parts-johnson-county-seek-immediate-shelter",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "tornado",
    "hawk-alert",
    "seek-shelter"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}