{
  "id": "2026-07-28-western-carolina-university-cullowhee-severe-thunderstorm-warning",
  "slug": "western-carolina-university-cullowhee-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-07-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Western Carolina University",
    "shortName": "WCU",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "MiWCU Alert / WCU Alert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-07-28",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Cullowhee campus severe thunderstorm warning with NWS until time",
    "headlinePublic": "Cullowhee campus severe thunderstorm warning with NWS until time",
    "summary": "Western Carolina [issued a MiWCU Alert for a severe thunderstorm warning on the Cullowhee campus](https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1).",
    "outcome": "Severe thunderstorm warning product issued for Cullowhee campus."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-07-28T18:54:27-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "MiWCU Alert - Urgent: SEVERE WEATHER Cullowhee Campus. The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7:45 pm.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1",
      "sourceDescription": "WCU Alert Rave RSS (wcu/channel1)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent fetch of official Rave RSS 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "pubDate 2026-07-28T22:54:27Z; EDT applied.",
        "Thread checked N/A (RSS single product). Distinct incident from 2024-09-27-western-carolina-university-hurricane-helene: different hazard and date."
      ],
      "characterCount": 139
    }
  ],
  "context": "WCU issues MiWCU Alert products via Rave; public RSS at [getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1](https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Campus-named severe thunderstorm warning with NWS until-time."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "WCU Alert Rave RSS",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "north-carolina",
    "wcu",
    "severe-weather",
    "miwcu-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}