{
  "id": "2025-08-20-university-of-washington-uw-advisory-downed-tree-cleared",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-advisory-downed-tree-cleared-2025-08-20",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-08-20",
    "type": "active-threat",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "UW Advisory: Downed tree cleared",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Advisory: Downed tree cleared",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/08/20/uw-advisory-downed-tree-blocking-traffic/) on or about 2025-08-20. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-08-20 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "7:09 p.m.: The tree has been cleared, and the road has reopened.\n\n5:03 p.m.: No one was injured by the downed tree. Check bus routes for transit updates.\n\n4:56 p.m.: Downed tree blocking traffic on Stevens Way at Rainier Vista NE. Use alternate routes. Crews are responding to remove the tree, but the process is expected to take a while.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/08/20/uw-advisory-downed-tree-blocking-traffic/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 338,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert update archive entry for University of Washington.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Advisory: Downed tree cleared",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/08/20/uw-advisory-downed-tree-blocking-traffic/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "active-threat"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}