{
  "id": "2021-12-29-university-of-washington-winter-weather-update",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-winter-weather-update-2021-12-29",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-12-29",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Winter weather update",
    "headlinePublic": "Winter weather update",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published a UW Alert Blog update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/29/winter-weather-update/) on or about 2021-12-29. Full text is preserved from the official emergency blog.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2021-12-29",
      "verbatimText": "The UW Weather Status Assessment Group is monitoring the snowy conditions on and around our campuses and throughout the region. Given minimal activities during the winter break, campus operations are normal at this time in Seattle and Bothell. UW Tacoma has announced suspended operations for Thursday, Dec. 30. Please continue to check with your individual units, programs and campuses for more information.\n\nUnits are authorized to implement elements of their Business, Academic and Research Continuity (BARC) plans, as needed, to maintain critical functions.\n\nMore information will be provided here if there is any change in campus operations. Updates on weather-related plans at UW Bothell will be reported as they become available, and can be found at uwb.edu/emergency. Updates for UW Tacoma can be found at tacoma.uw.edu/2021snow. Weather-related Information for UW Medicine sites can be found at uwmedicine.org.\n\nPlease use caution when walking or driving on and around UW campuses. See the status of Seattle campus shuttles, parking lots, streets and pathways here.\n\nNOTE: If you don't already receive UW Alert and UW Advisory messages for important updates about emergencies or weather-related notices by text and/or email, click here to subscribe or update your settings.\n\n(This post was updated at 8:35 a.m. Dec. 30 to reflect UW Tacoma's operational status on Dec. 30.)",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/29/winter-weather-update/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert Blog",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency.uw.edu Alert Blog entry body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1382,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Washington UW Alert Blog multi-update emergency archive.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Alert Blog page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Winter weather update",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2021/12/29/winter-weather-update/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}