{
  "id": "2026-07-18-university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-weather-severe-thunderstorm-warning-",
  "slug": "university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-informational-weather-severe-thunderstorm-warning--2026-07-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-18",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Weather - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 1:11PM EDT until July 18 at",
    "headlinePublic": "Weather - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 1:11PM EDT until July 18 at",
    "summary": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [published an official alert](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/18/17843947840001396491434/) on or about 2026-07-18. Full text is preserved from the official notifications 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 2026-07-18",
      "verbatimText": "SVRRAH\n\nThe National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nNorthwestern Wake County in central North Carolina...\nNortheastern Chatham County in central North Carolina...\nSouthern Durham County in central North Carolina...\n\n* Until 200 PM EDT.\n\n* At 110 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest\nof Cary, moving northeast at 25 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nRaleigh, Durham, Cary, RDU International, Apex, Morrisville,\nCrosswinds Campground, William B Umstead State Park, Parkwood, and\nJordan Lake.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 40 between Mile Markers 275 and 293.\nInterstate 440 between Mile Markers 1 and 12.\nInterstate 540 between Mile Markers 0 and 16.\nUS 1 between Mile Markers 98 and 101.\nthe Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 2 and 6.\nInstructions: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/18/17843947840001396491434/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1054,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official Alert Carolina notification archive entry.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official archive page preserves complete alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Informational: Weather - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 1:11PM EDT until July 18 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/18/17843947840001396491434/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc",
    "alert-carolina",
    "chapel-hill",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}