{
  "id": "2026-09-06-university-of-south-carolina-columbia-severe-thunderstorm-warning",
  "slug": "university-of-south-carolina-columbia-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-09-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of South Carolina",
    "shortName": "South Carolina",
    "state": "SC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Carolina Alert",
    "enrollment": 35000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-06",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Columbia campus thunderstorm warning until 7:00pm",
    "headlinePublic": "Columbia campus thunderstorm warning until 7:00pm",
    "summary": "South Carolina Carolina Alert [issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Columbia campus until 7:00pm](https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/?alert_year=all). A shorter @CarolinaAlert restatement is at https://x.com/CarolinaAlert/status/2096723267427996010.",
    "outcome": "Seek-shelter product with an until-time on the official archive. No all-clear on the archive for this warning."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-06T18:15:00-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "Carolina Alert: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING has been issued for the Columbia campus until Sunday, September 06, 2026 7:00pm. Seek safe shelter immediately.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/?alert_year=all",
      "sourceDescription": "Carolina Alerts Archive Columbia SVR 09-06",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-09-14 of the Carolina Alerts Archive byte-identical 188021. Archive body sha256 9d8924ff72dba3b4de01513b6f39dcd55eb1ea0fa7458969be42649347418a81 chars=157. Prefer archive body (until-clause) over shorter X restatement.",
        "@CarolinaAlert https://x.com/CarolinaAlert/status/2096723267427996010 is a shorter restatement without the until-time (oembed t.co vs fxtwitter sc.edu/carolinaalert URL-form). Not the confirmed text.",
        "Thread checked 2026-09-14: no further posts from @CarolinaAlert for this incident (the 09-06 product is a standalone warning day).",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-13-university-of-south-carolina-columbia-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different NWS product day.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-09-05-university-of-south-carolina-columbia-severe-thunderstorm-warning: prior-day NWS product with a different until-time (6:00pm) and X status 2096344817097707799.",
        "09/08/2026 1:02 pm archive TEST skipped (not an incident)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 157
    }
  ],
  "context": "USC posts Carolina Alert messages on [@CarolinaAlert](https://x.com/CarolinaAlert) and the [Carolina Alerts Archive](https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/?alert_year=all). Confirmed from the archive body. X restatement: https://x.com/CarolinaAlert/status/2096723267427996010.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Standalone Columbia campus seek-shelter SVR with archive until-7:00pm clause."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Carolina Alerts Archive Columbia SVR 09-06",
      "url": "https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/law_enforcement_and_safety/carolina-alert/alerts-archive/?alert_year=all",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@CarolinaAlert shorter restatement 09-06",
      "url": "https://x.com/CarolinaAlert/status/2096723267427996010",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@CarolinaAlert prior-day Columbia SVR (distinct 09-05 product)",
      "url": "https://x.com/CarolinaAlert/status/2096344817097707799",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "Adjacent-date cite of the 2026-09-05 product. SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "south-carolina",
    "severe-weather",
    "carolina-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-14",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}