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Boone campus classes online until 11 a.m. under Condition 1

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App State posted a Boone Condition 1 product. Until 11 a.m.

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Institution
Appalachian State University
Public R2 · NC
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Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

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INITIAL ALERTTwitter/X
Verified verbatim264 chars
On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Boone campus classes will meet online until 11 a.m. Adverse Weather Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) is in effect for Boone campus non-faculty employees until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Please use caution. More info: https://t.co/sQ9fTLsUeA
Dual independent X fetch 2026-09-14. sha256 101582781bf83f2877cbb2ab2186711e6fbcd4ad80f5ece1881edbfc0a32ccbd chars=264.
Thread checked 2026-09-14: no further posts from @appstate for this incident.
Distinct incident from 2025-02-11-appalachian-state-university-boone-condition-1-online: different month and status ID.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Boone campus classes will meet online until 11 a.m. Adverse Weather Condition 1 (Reduced Operations) is in effect for Boone campus non-faculty employees until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Please use caution. More info: https://t.co/sQ9fTLsUeA

  • Sourceabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Source absent (0 present / 25 absent): no branded signature or named issuing office, only campus-as-place language.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: No university, police, or branded signature identifies who sent the alert.
    2. absent: The sender is not identified by university name, agency, or branded tag.
    3. absent: No branded alert name, institution, or agency is given as the sender.
    4. absent: The message lacks a branded signature, university name, or issuing agency.
    5. absent: The alert lacks a branded header, campus police, or university name as the source.
    6. absent: No branded signature or named university or agency identifies the source.
    7. absent: The sender is unidentified: no brand, university, or agency is named.
    8. absent: The sender is unidentified: no brand, campus name as issuer, or agency.
    9. absent: No sender tag, university name, or responding authority is identified.
    10. absent: No issuing authority or branded alert tag is present.
    11. absent: The message does not name who is sending it or any alert brand or agency.
    12. absent: There is no branded signature or named issuing authority.
    13. absent: The sender is unnamed; there is no university title or branded signature.
    14. absent: The alert does not identify who is sending it or any branded authority.
    15. absent: No branded tag, campus authority, or university name is given as the source.
    16. absent: The alert does not identify who is issuing it.
    17. absent: The alert does not identify who sent it by brand, university, or agency name.
    18. absent: There is no branded tag, university name, or agency identifying who sent this.
    19. absent: The alert has no branded signature and does not name the university or a public-safety office.
    20. absent: The issuing authority or branded sender is not identified.
    21. absent: No source or branded alert name is given.
    22. absent: The text has no branded tag, university name, or named issuing authority.
    23. absent: Nothing identifies who is issuing the alert or which authority is speaking.
    24. absent: Who is sending the alert is unidentified: no brand, campus name as issuer, or agency.
    25. absent: Nothing names who is sending the alert or which agency issued it.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Hazard present (25 present / 0 absent): the text names a specific threat (adverse weather, fire, or winter conditions).

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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    1. present: "Adverse Weather" specifies the threat, while Condition 1 is only operational status.
    2. present: Adverse Weather names the specific weather threat.
    3. present: Adverse Weather is named as the threat associated with Condition 1.
    4. present: It names "Adverse Weather" as the threat.
    5. present: "Adverse Weather" names the weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    6. present: "Adverse Weather" names a specific weather hazard, not a generic incident.
    7. present: "Adverse Weather" names the threat, while Condition 1 is only operational status.
    8. present: "Adverse Weather" names the hazard, while Condition 1 only describes operations.
    9. present: It names "Adverse Weather" as the specific threat.
    10. present: The text names Adverse Weather as the threat.
    11. present: Adverse weather is named, so a specific hazard is present alongside Condition 1 status.
    12. present: "Adverse Weather" names a specific weather threat rather than a generic situation.
    13. present: "Adverse Weather" is a named weather threat; Condition 1 remains an operations status only.
    14. present: "Adverse Weather" names the threat; Condition 1 is the operational status.
    15. present: "Adverse Weather" names the hazard, not merely a generic incident.
    16. present: Adverse Weather names a weather hazard in addition to Condition 1 status.
    17. present: Adverse Weather is a named weather hazard, with Condition 1 as operational status only.
    18. present: It names Adverse Weather as the hazard, separate from Condition 1 operations.
    19. present: "Adverse Weather" names the threat, while Condition 1 only describes reduced operations.
    20. present: "Adverse Weather" names a specific weather hazard.
    21. present: Adverse Weather identifies the hazard.
    22. present: "Adverse Weather" names the threat; Condition 1 is only operational status.
    23. present: Adverse Weather names the hazard; Condition 1 is only reduced operations.
    24. present: "Adverse Weather" is a named weather hazard, separate from Condition 1 operations.
    25. present: The phrase "Adverse Weather" names the threat, not merely an emergency or situation.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Location present (25 present / 0 absent): a campus, building, or named place is stated.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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    1. present: "Boone campus" is a named campus location.
    2. present: The location given is Boone campus.
    3. present: Boone campus is specified as the place affected.
    4. present: The setting is "Boone campus".
    5. present: It places the notice on "Boone campus" for classes and non-faculty employees.
    6. present: It names "Boone campus" as the location.
    7. present: The affected place is "Boone campus".
    8. present: It locates the change at "Boone campus".
    9. present: The operations change is located at "Boone campus".
    10. present: Boone campus is given as the location.
    11. present: Boone campus is the named location for the online classes and reduced operations.
    12. present: "Boone campus" identifies where classes and operations change.
    13. present: Effects are tied to "Boone campus".
    14. present: It places the change on "Boone campus".
    15. present: It refers to "Boone campus".
    16. present: Boone campus is a named location.
    17. present: Boone campus is stated as where classes meet online and reduced operations apply.
    18. present: Boone campus is a named place.
    19. present: Effects are tied to "Boone campus", a specific place.
    20. present: The affected place is named as "Boone campus".
    21. present: Boone campus is the stated location.
    22. present: "Boone campus" is given as the location.
    23. present: Boone campus is the named place for classes and employee operations.
    24. present: The location is "Boone campus".
    25. present: The change is tied to "Boone campus".
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Guidance present (25 present / 0 absent): recipients are told to use caution or take a protective/operational action.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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    1. present: "Please use caution" tells people what protective action to take.
    2. present: Please use caution tells people what protective action to take.
    3. present: Please use caution instructs recipients to act protectively.
    4. present: "Please use caution" tells people what precaution to take.
    5. present: "Please use caution" tells recipients to take a protective action.
    6. present: "Please use caution" is an instruction to take protective action.
    7. present: "Please use caution" is an instruction to recipients.
    8. present: "Please use caution" is a protective instruction to recipients.
    9. present: "Please use caution" is an instruction to recipients.
    10. present: Please use caution tells people what protective action to take.
    11. present: Please use caution instructs recipients to take care, which is protective guidance.
    12. present: "Please use caution" tells people what action to take.
    13. present: The closing line "Please use caution" instructs people how to behave.
    14. present: "Please use caution" tells recipients what protective action to take.
    15. present: "Please use caution" tells people what protective action to take.
    16. present: Please use caution directs recipients to act protectively.
    17. present: Please use caution is a protective instruction directed at recipients.
    18. present: Please use caution tells people what protective action to take.
    19. present: "Please use caution" directs recipients to act carefully.
    20. present: "Please use caution" is an instruction to act protectively.
    21. present: Please use caution tells people what protective action to take.
    22. present: "Please use caution" tells recipients what protective action to take.
    23. present: Please use caution tells recipients what protective action to take.
    24. present: "Please use caution" is an instruction to recipients on how to act.
    25. present: "Please use caution" directs recipients to act protectively.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Time present (25 present / 0 absent): a clock time, date, until-clause, or recency cue is in the text.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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    1. present: It gives Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. as time bounds.
    2. present: It includes Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m.
    3. present: Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. convey when the status applies.
    4. present: It gives "Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m." as time bounds.
    5. present: It states Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. on that date.
    6. present: It includes "On Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m."
    7. present: It dates the change to Tuesday, Jan. 21 and says until 11 a.m.
    8. present: It states "On Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21".
    9. present: It gives "Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m." as timing.
    10. present: It includes Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m.
    11. present: Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. give a date and a time bound.
    12. present: Timing includes Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m.
    13. present: It states Tuesday, Jan. 21 and "until 11 a.m." as timing.
    14. present: It dates the change Tuesday, Jan. 21 and bounds it until 11 a.m.
    15. present: It includes "Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m."
    16. present: It includes Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m.
    17. present: On Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. give date and clock time.
    18. present: It gives Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m.
    19. present: It includes Tuesday, Jan. 21 and the until 11 a.m. cutoff.
    20. present: It gives Tuesday, Jan. 21 and "until 11 a.m." as timing.
    21. present: It dates the status to Tuesday, Jan. 21, until 11 a.m.
    22. present: It includes "Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m."
    23. present: Tuesday, Jan. 21 and until 11 a.m. supply date and clock time.
    24. present: Time cues include "On Tuesday, Jan. 21" and "until 11 a.m." that day.
    25. present: It states Tuesday, Jan. 21 and "until 11 a.m." as timing.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found Impact absent (0 present / 25 absent): no stated consequence or severity beyond naming the hazard or the operational change.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. absent: No severity or harm to people or property is stated.
    2. absent: No consequence such as danger or injury is conveyed.
    3. absent: No stated consequence or severity accompanies the weather operations notice.
    4. absent: There is no stated consequence such as dangerous travel or injury.
    5. absent: Reduced operations and online classes are status, not a stated injury or damage consequence.
    6. absent: The text does not convey what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    7. absent: There is no stated consequence such as danger or injury risk.
    8. absent: Nothing conveys impact such as danger, injury, or damage.
    9. absent: No impact or severity language accompanies the weather name.
    10. absent: Severity or harm from the weather is not described.
    11. absent: The alert does not say the weather is dangerous, damaging, or otherwise consequential.
    12. absent: No consequence or severity is stated, only weather and reduced operations.
    13. absent: No consequence or severity language accompanies the weather status.
    14. absent: The text does not convey injury, danger, or other consequences of the weather.
    15. absent: No severity or consequence is conveyed beyond the weather label.
    16. absent: Consequences of the weather for people or property are not stated.
    17. absent: Naming adverse weather and reduced operations does not state impact or severity.
    18. absent: No consequence such as danger or injury is stated.
    19. absent: It does not state consequences such as dangerous travel or risk of injury.
    20. absent: The text does not state what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    21. absent: The text does not convey consequences of the weather.
    22. absent: There is no stated consequence or severity, only the weather name and operations change.
    23. absent: No severity or harm is stated beyond the weather name itself.
    24. absent: The text does not say what the weather could do or how severe it is.
    25. absent: Severity or harm is not described, only weather, operations, and a caution request.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

App State weather condition codes via @appstate and appstatealert.com.
Analysis

Key Findings

Boone campus classes online until 11 a.m. under Condition 1
Outcome
Condition 1 reduced operations as posted.
Provenance

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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Appalachian State University: Boone campus classes online until 11 a.m. under Condition 1." Incident of January 21, 2025. Added September 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/appalachian-state-university-boone-condition-1-online-until-11am-2025-01-21/

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Added September 2026Updated September 2026Via ingestion