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  "id": "2024-05-08-western-kentucky-university-severe-weather-early-close",
  "slug": "western-kentucky-university-severe-weather-early-close-2024-05-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Western Kentucky University",
    "shortName": "WKU",
    "state": "KY",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "WKU Alert / @wkunews",
    "enrollment": 16000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-05-08",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Systemwide noon early close for severe weather threat",
    "headlinePublic": "Systemwide noon early close for severe weather threat",
    "summary": "Western Kentucky University [closed all campuses at noon CDT on May 8 due to severe weather threat](https://x.com/wkunews/status/1788229670846042535).",
    "outcome": "Systemwide early close for severe weather threat."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "timestamp": "2024-05-08T10:29:11-05:00",
      "verbatimText": "WKU Alert: All WKU campuses will close at 12:00pm CDT today., May 8, 2024, due to the threat of severe weather.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/wkunews/status/1788229670846042535",
      "sourceDescription": "@wkunews WKU Alert early close",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword_search + thread_fetch). SPN 523.",
        "EXPANSION batch 382 WKU residual public-masters diversity.",
        "Verbatim preserves official punctuation as posted (today., May)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 111
    }
  ],
  "context": "WKU posts WKU Alert notices on [@wkunews](https://x.com/wkunews).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official WKU Alert early close residual with dual-blind confirmation."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@wkunews WKU Alert early close",
      "url": "https://x.com/wkunews/status/1788229670846042535",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-03",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "kentucky",
    "wku-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}