{
  "id": "2026-03-16-virginia-commonwealth-university-severe-weather-virtual",
  "slug": "virginia-commonwealth-university-severe-weather-virtual-2026-03-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Virginia Commonwealth University",
    "shortName": "VCU",
    "state": "VA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "VCU Alerts / @VCU",
    "enrollment": 28000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Expected severe weather shifts campus to virtual; hospitals remain open",
    "headlinePublic": "Expected severe weather shifts campus to virtual; hospitals remain open",
    "summary": "VCU [shifted to virtual operations for expected severe weather](https://x.com/VCU/status/2033328451520700513) while noting VCU Health inpatient hospitals remained open.",
    "outcome": "Virtual Monday; inpatient hospitals open."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-15T19:44:14-04:00",
      "verbatimText": "VCU will operate virtually on Monday, March 16, with remote learning and VCU Health inpatient hospitals are open in advance of expected severe weather. Details at https://alert.vcu.edu/",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/VCU/status/2033328451520700513",
      "sourceDescription": "@VCU",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual X fetch. SPN 523. Hospital continuity exception noted."
      ],
      "characterCount": 185
    }
  ],
  "context": "VCU posts weather status on [@VCU](https://x.com/VCU) and alert.vcu.edu.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Virtual campus ops with explicit health-system open exception."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@VCU virtual weather",
      "url": "https://x.com/VCU/status/2033328451520700513",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "virginia",
    "weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}