{
  "id": "2025-03-04-western-iowa-tech-community-college-blizzard-early-close",
  "slug": "western-iowa-tech-community-college-blizzard-early-close-2025-03-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Western Iowa Tech Community College",
    "shortName": "WITCC",
    "state": "IA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "WIT emergency alerts / official X",
    "enrollment": 5000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-03-04",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "WITCC blizzard early close 3 p.m. (Mar 4, 2025)",
    "headlinePublic": "WITCC blizzard early close 3 p.m. (Mar 4, 2025)",
    "summary": "Western Iowa Tech Community College [closed all campuses, classes, offices, and services at 3:00 p.m. March 4, 2025 for blizzard conditions](https://x.com/WesternIowaTech/status/1896999096482980098).",
    "outcome": "Blizzard early close at 3 p.m. system-wide."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-03-04",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Due to current and forecasted blizzard weather conditions, all Western Iowa Tech Community College Campuses, classes, offices, and services will close at 3:00 pm today, March 4, 2025.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WesternIowaTech/status/1896999096482980098",
      "sourceDescription": "WITCC blizzard early close 3 p.m. (Mar 4, 2025)",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @WesternIowaTech X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 183
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b360 Western Iowa Tech residual weather sequence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official WITCC multi-campus weather operations change."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "WITCC blizzard early close 3 p.m. (Mar 4, 2025)",
      "url": "https://x.com/WesternIowaTech/status/1896999096482980098",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "iowa",
    "winter-storm",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}