{
  "id": "2019-12-16-university-of-missouri-delayed-start",
  "slug": "university-of-missouri-delayed-start-2019-12-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Missouri",
    "shortName": "Mizzou",
    "state": "MO",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MU Alert",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2019-12-16",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Weather-related delayed start MU Alert notice",
    "headlinePublic": "Weather-related delayed start MU Alert notice",
    "summary": "University of Missouri [published an official alert](https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2019/12-16-delayed-start) on or about 2019-12-16. Full text is preserved from the official archive.",
    "outcome": "See official notice for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2019-12-16",
      "verbatimText": "The University of Missouri campus and UM System are planning to have a delayed start on Tuesday, Dec. 17, and resume normal operations at 10 a.m. Any in-session classes scheduled for 10 a.m. or later will be held.\n\nAs always, employees and students are expected to exercise judgement when deciding if they can travel safely to campus during inclement weather.\n\nLinks to university services, including those offered by MU Health Care hospitals and clinics and the Veterinary Health Center, are listed online.\n\nKeep watching for updates from MU Alert as conditions may change.\n\nDetails about MU's campus closure policies and more can be found here.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2019/12-16-delayed-start",
      "sourceDescription": "MU Alert",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 646,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official MU Alert archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Delayed Start",
      "url": "https://mualert.missouri.edu/updates/2019/12-16-delayed-start",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "missouri",
    "mizzou",
    "mu-alert",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}