{
  "id": "2026-07-20-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--2026-07-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-20",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Weather - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 7:43PM EDT until July 20 at",
    "headlinePublic": "Weather - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 20 at 7:43PM EDT until July 20 at",
    "summary": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [published an official alert](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/20/17845911070001396605539/) on or about 2026-07-20. 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 2026-07-20",
      "verbatimText": "SVRRAH\n\nThe National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nOrange County in central North Carolina...\nDurham County in central North Carolina...\n\n* Until 845 PM EDT.\n\n* At 743 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mebane, or\nnear Hillsborough, moving east at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.\n\n* Locations impacted include...\nDurham, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro, Rougemont, Efland,\nLake Michie, Eno River State Park, Gorman, and Bahama.\n\nThis includes the following highways...\nInterstate 85 between Mile Markers 163 and 184.\nInterstate 40 between Mile Markers 158 and 162, and between Mile\nMarkers 259 and 280.\nthe Durham Freeway between Mile Markers 4 and 17.\nInstructions: For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nTorrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to\nflash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/20/17845911070001396605539/",
      "sourceDescription": "Alert Carolina",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official institutional alert archive page.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1030,
      "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 20 at 7:43PM EDT until July 20 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/07/20/17845911070001396605539/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "unc",
    "alert-carolina",
    "chapel-hill",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}