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INITIAL ALERTWebsite
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Loyola University New Orleans is currently maintaining normal operations.
We are monitoring Tropical Storm Francine and its potential impact to campus and the greater New Orleans area. We will keep you informed as the forecast for this storm develops, and will share an update this afternoon by 5:30 p.m. CT regarding any planned changes to campus operations.
Now is the time to prepare for potential impact from this storm. Please assemble your emergency supplies and finalize your hurricane preparedness plans. For guidance on actions to take before, during, and after a significant weather event, please review the personal preparedness resources available at emergency.loyno.edu.
Dual HTML match 2026-08-30. Current Status chrome omitted. First transmitted Francine product: normal ops plus prepare-supplies instruction.
Distinct incident from 2026-07-22-loyola-university-new-orleans-tropical-storm-bertha-remote-ops and 2026-06-18-loyola-university-new-orleans-tropical-storm-arthur-remote-ops: September 2024 Francine, not 2026 Arthur/Bertha.
UPDATEWebsite+5h 49m
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University operations will be suspended on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in preparation for severe weather expected in our area from Tropical Storm Francine. All Wednesday classes are canceled and the campus will be closed except for essential operations.
As of 4 p.m. CT today, Tropical Storm Francine is expected to strengthen and make landfall near Lafayette, LA, on Wednesday morning as a category 2 hurricane. While Loyola's campus is not directly in the projected path, heavy rain and tropical storm strength winds are anticipated in the New Orleans area on Wednesday morning, with potential flooding and power outages.
In anticipation of the upcoming weather impacts, Loyola University New Orleans is making the following changes to campus operations:
Tuesday, Sept. 10
All classes scheduled to begin at or after 4:55 p.m. CT will be held remotely. All dining operations will hold normal hours of operation. The University Sports Complex and the Monroe Library will close at 5 p.m. All student organization activities to begin at or after 5 p.m. will be held remotely. We ask managers and professors to allow maximum flexibility on Tuesday to accommodate individuals who may need additional time to secure their homes, manage early school dismissals for their children, and/or make other necessary preparations for the storm.
Wednesday, Sept. 11
University operations will be suspended. All classes are canceled and the campus will be closed except for essential operations. Essential employees should be in direct contact with their supervisors to discuss reporting obligations.
Thursday, Sept. 12
Remote operations and remote classes will resume. Faculty and supervisors should be flexible with attendance based on students’ and employees’ individual impacts from the storm. We will continue to evaluate this plan as Francine moves inland and will share changes, if any, through future communications.
The university will assess Francine’s impact after it has moved past our area and update our Friday operations plan accordingly. For the latest university information, please check Loyola’s Emergency Information page.
Now is the time to prepare for potential impact from this storm. Please assemble your emergency supplies and finalize your hurricane preparedness plans.
We will share another update by 2 p.m. CT tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 10) as more information on Francine’s development and trajectory become available.
Dual HTML match. Wednesday closure plus Tuesday evening remote after 4:55 p.m.
UPDATEWebsite+1d
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In response to updated weather advisories, we have made the following changes to Loyola’s operations plan: All non-Law classes after 3:15 p.m. CT are canceled. Law classes after 4:55 p.m. CT will be conducted remotely. Liberal Leave is in effect at 3:15 p.m. CT. University operations will be suspended on Wednesday. All classes are canceled and the campus will be closed to non-essential personnel. All classes and operations will resume remotely on Thursday and continue remotely through Friday. Campus will remain closed to non-essential personnel on Thursday and Friday.
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The latest forecasts indicate that Francine will make landfall south of Baton Rouge as a category 2 hurricane by Wednesday afternoon. In the New Orleans metro area, winds are expected to strengthen around 10 a.m. CT on Wednesday, with conditions worsening through late morning. Peak storm conditions are anticipated around 3 p.m. in our area, bringing sustained winds of 45 mph and gusts up to 70 mph on our campus. The storm is expected to move inland quickly, with conditions improving substantially by 8 p.m. We anticipate Francine will exit south Louisiana by noon on Thursday.
In order to ensure the safety of our community as we prepare for and clean up after this weather system, we have made the following updates to this week’s university operations:
Tuesday, September 10
All non-Law classes starting at or after 3:15 p.m. CT are canceled.
Law classes starting at or after 4:55 p.m. CT will be conducted remotely.
Liberal Leave is in effect at 3:15 p.m. CT; non-essential employees should leave campus as their schedules allow. Essential employees should be in direct contact with their supervisor(s) regarding their work responsibilities and schedule.
Monroe Library, the Danna Student Center (including Iggy's Cupboard), Student Health Services, the University Counseling Center and the Sports Complex will close at 5 p.m. CT.
Campus dining remains open for regular hours.
Wednesday, September 11
University operations will be suspended. All classes are canceled and the campus will be closed except for essential operations. Essential employees should be in direct contact with their supervisor(s) to discuss work responsibilities and schedule.
Thursday, September 12
All classes and operations will resume remotely.
Campus will remain closed to non-essential personnel.
Faculty and supervisors should be flexible with remote attendance based on students’ and employees’ individual impacts from the storm.
Essential employees should be in direct contact with their supervisor(s) regarding their work responsibilities and schedule.
No Mass will be held at The Chapel of St. Ignatius and Gayle & Tom Benson Jesuit Center.
Friday, September 13
All classes and operations will continue remotely.
Campus will remain closed to non-essential employees.
Faculty and supervisors are urged to accommodate remote attendance based on individual circumstances.
Essential employees should be in direct contact with their supervisor(s) regarding their work responsibilities and schedule.
No Mass will be held at The Chapel of St. Ignatius and Gayle & Tom Benson Jesuit Center.
Plans will be made for reopening facilities after we assess Francine’s impact on our campus. For the latest university information, please check Loyola’s Emergency Information page.
Now is the time to prepare for potential impact from this storm. Please assemble your emergency supplies and finalize your hurricane preparedness plans. If you plan to evacuate, ensure you have ample time to reach your destination before storm conditions make travel unsafe.
We will share another update this evening at or about 7 p.m. CT.
Dual HTML match. Accelerated Tuesday cancel plus remote Thursday-Friday.
UPDATEWebsite+2d
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Due to widespread power outages, all university operations are suspended for Thursday, Sept. 12. All classes are canceled and the campus is closed except for essential operations. University officials are assessing the impact of Francine to our campus, and a full update will be provided once these assessments are complete.
Dual HTML match. Thursday remain closed due to widespread power outages.
UPDATEWebsite+3d
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Due to continued widespread power outages, we must wait until the morning to determine plans for Friday’s operations. We will announce a decision by 7:30 a.m. CT.
Our teams continue to assess the storm’s impact on Loyola’s campus and cleanup is well underway. We received minimal damage from last night’s weather, with storm debris, downed tree limbs, and minor leaks and/or water intrusion in some buildings. Cleanup of our grounds is nearly complete and building repairs have begun but are largely dependent on power restoration by Entergy.
Due to continued widespread power outages in the greater New Orleans area, we must wait until tomorrow morning to determine plans for Friday’s operations. We will announce by 7:30 a.m. CT whether in-person classes and non-essential work will be conducted remotely or if university operations will remain suspended through the weekend with normal in-person operations resuming on Monday. Faculty will receive followup communications from the Provost’s Office once a decision has been made. Online asynchronous program classes will continue as normal.
Campus phone service has been restored, and while we have made great progress today toward returning to normal operations, academic and administrative buildings will remain closed to non-essential personnel until the morning of Monday, September 16, to allow for remediation of water intrusion and the testing and inspection of life safety systems in all buildings. Please do not attempt to access offices or classrooms on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. All buildings are locked to card access and only essential personnel will be permitted inside.
Our top priority as we work to resume normal operations is the safety of our community. We will continue to keep you informed through email and on Loyola’s Emergency Information page as we work toward reopening campus.
Dual HTML match. Friday plan deferred to 7:30 a.m. CT.
UPDATEWebsite+3d
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Power was restored to Loyola's campus at 8:30 p.m. CT yesterday evening, and much of the New Orleans metro area is also regaining electricity according to Entergy's outage maps.
With electricity restored, Loyola will transition to remote operations today, and Friday classes will be conducted online. We understand that many people are still without power and dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Francine. We encourage faculty and supervisors to grant flexibility to those faculty, staff, and students still experiencing hardships due to storm damage.
We will share another update this evening regarding facility status and our in-person reopening plans.
Dual HTML match. Power restored; Friday classes online.
UPDATEWebsite+4d
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We are in the final stages of preparing to reopen the campus to the entire Loyola community. With a few exceptions due to ongoing remediation work, we expect to resume regular, in-person operations on Monday, September 16.
While our grounds are clear and most student-facing buildings are set to begin reopening tomorrow, we want to remind everyone that academic and administrative buildings on the main campus will remain closed to all except essential personnel until Monday. Card access is disabled for these buildings, and only essential personnel will be granted entry. Please do not attempt to access offices or classrooms on Saturday or Sunday.
Please see the reopening schedule and plans for specific buildings below:
• The Law School, Law Library, and Law Clinic will reopen on Saturday with regular hours of operation.
• The Sports Complex will reopen Saturday with regular hours of operation.
• Monroe Library will reopen on Saturday with regular hours of operation, although some remediation work will continue through next week.
• The Danna Student Center will reopen for student services only—including dining and Havoc's Help Desk—on Saturday morning. (NOTE: Danna Center offices will reopen on Monday. Please do not attempt to access offices on Saturday or Sunday.)
• The Music/Communications Complex, Bobet Hall, and Thomas Hall will reopen on Monday with regular hours of operation.
• Marquette Hall's climate control system is still offline and repair work will continue through the weekend. In the event that these repairs are not complete by Monday, classes will relocate to alternate campus locations. The Registrar will reach out to faculty to coordinate these changes, if needed.
• While electricity was briefly restored to Cabra and Founders residence halls last night, they went offline again shortly afterward. Entergy is actively working to reestablish service.
Thank you for your patience and cooperation as we work to resume normal operations.
Dual HTML match. Normal business schedule after the Francine window.
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How the first alert is built
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Loyola University New Orleans is currently maintaining normal operations.
We are monitoring Tropical Storm Francine and its potential impact to campus and the greater New Orleans area. We will keep you informed as the forecast for this storm develops, and will share an update this afternoon by 5:30 p.m. CT regarding any planned changes to campus operations.
Now is the time to prepare for potential impact from this storm. Please assemble your emergency supplies and finalize your hurricane preparedness plans. For guidance on actions to take before, during, and after a significant weather event, please review the personal preparedness resources available at emergency.loyno.edu.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found Loyola University New Orleans as the named issuer (25/25).
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.
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present: Loyola University New Orleans is named as maintaining normal operations.
present: The university names itself in the first sentence.
present: Source is Loyola University New Orleans.
present: A named university is the sender.
present: The situation-status product is a Loyola emergency notice.
present: Who sent it: Loyola University New Orleans.
present: The university is maintaining normal operations names the issuer.
present: Source present.
present: The alerting institution is Loyola.
present: Named campus: Loyola University New Orleans.
present: The product is a university ops notice.
present: Source: Loyola University New Orleans.
present: Loyola is identifiable as the sender.
present: A university name is source.
present: The university satisfies source.
present: The notice is from the university.
present: Institutional source is present.
present: The university is named.
present: Source is the campus.
present: The issuer is the university.
present: A named university sender.
present: University operations notice.
present: Source coded present.
present: The university is the speaker.
present: Named University.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found Tropical Storm Francine (25/25).
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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present: Tropical Storm Francine is a specific named weather hazard.
present: Francine is named as the storm being monitored.
present: A tropical storm is a specific threat type.
present: Named hazard: Tropical Storm Francine.
present: Hazard is a tropical storm.
present: Francine is specific, not a generic emergency.
present: Monitoring Tropical Storm Francine names the hazard.
present: Weather hazard Francine.
present: A named tropical storm.
present: Hazard equals Francine.
present: The storm is named.
present: Specific threat: tropical storm.
present: Francine is in the second paragraph.
present: Hazard is present.
present: Tropical Storm is a named type.
present: The product is a Francine monitor.
present: Named storm Francine.
present: Hazard: tropical storm.
present: A hurricane-family storm is named.
present: Specific weather threat.
present: Francine is the hazard.
present: The text names Tropical Storm Francine.
present: Hazard coded present.
present: A tropical storm is specified.
present: Named Francine.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found campus / greater New Orleans area (25/25).
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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present: Campus and the greater New Orleans area locate the notice.
present: Campus is named.
present: Greater New Orleans area is a place cue.
present: Location is campus.
present: The campus is mentioned.
present: Where: campus.
present: A campus location is given.
present: Campus is present.
present: The University campus is the site.
present: Named campus plus New Orleans area.
present: Location: campus.
present: Campus and metro area.
present: Greater New Orleans area.
present: Where is campus.
present: Location present.
present: The campus is identified.
present: Campus is the place.
present: Campus-scoped notice.
present: Location coded present.
present: On campus is stated.
present: The place is the campus and metro.
present: Campus.
present: Location satisfies.
present: A campus cue.
present: Campus is the location.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found assemble-supplies / preparedness instructions (25/25).
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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present: Assemble your emergency supplies is a protective instruction.
present: Finalize your hurricane preparedness plans is guidance.
present: Review personal preparedness resources is an instruction.
present: Now is the time to prepare is guidance.
present: Assemble emergency supplies.
present: Guidance on actions to take is pointed to emergency.loyno.edu.
present: The audience is told to prepare.
present: Prepare for potential impact is what to do.
present: Guidance exists as assemble-supplies.
present: Please assemble your emergency supplies.
present: The public is instructed to prepare.
present: Finalize hurricane preparedness plans.
present: Guidance is present.
present: A prep order is guidance.
present: Review preparedness resources.
present: The community is told to assemble supplies.
present: Guidance: prepare now.
present: Prepare for the storm.
present: The notice tells people what to do.
present: Assemble supplies and finalize plans.
present: Guidance coded present.
present: Now is the time to prepare.
present: Instruction to assemble supplies.
present: Preparedness is guidance.
present: The audience is directed to prepare.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found this afternoon by 5:30 p.m. CT (25/25).
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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present: This afternoon by 5:30 p.m. CT is a clock time.
present: An afternoon update time is given.
present: 5:30 p.m. CT is a time.
present: A dated clock time.
present: Time is present.
present: This afternoon is recency.
present: 5:30 p.m. CT plus this afternoon.
present: The product times an afternoon update.
present: Time coded present.
present: When: 5:30 p.m. CT this afternoon.
present: A clock time.
present: This afternoon is recency.
present: Clock time satisfies Time.
present: 5:30 p.m. is a time cue.
present: Afternoon update is when.
present: Time present via 5:30 p.m. CT.
present: The hour is named.
present: A time is stated.
present: Time satisfies.
present: Timed notice.
present: 5:30 p.m. CT.
present: This afternoon is now-like.
present: Time is given.
present: The update is timed.
present: Clock time plus this afternoon.
Impactabsent0/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes found no warning-impact severity language (0/25 present).
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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absent: Potential impact is generic, not a severity clause like life-threatening.
absent: No deadly or injury language.
absent: Impact is absent as harm-severity.
absent: Potential impact is not an explicit consequence.
absent: I=0.
absent: Hazard name is not impact.
absent: No could-be-deadly wording.
absent: Impact fails.
absent: The text does not state consequences as harm-severity.
absent: I coded absent.
absent: No injury language.
absent: Impact not present.
absent: Severity to people is not stated as impact.
absent: I fails.
absent: No explicit future harm.
absent: Naming Francine is hazard.
absent: Impact absent.
absent: No deadly wording.
absent: The notice lacks an impact sentence.
absent: I is absent.
absent: Consequences not stated as impact.
absent: No life-threatening clause.
absent: Impact not conveyed.
absent: Harm-severity missing.
absent: I=0.
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Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.
Same emergency.loyno.edu/situation-status archive as the 2026 Arthur/Bertha remote-ops cases. Xavier University of Louisiana and LSU filed separate Francine cases.
Analysis
Key Findings
01Official Francine sequence from Monday monitoring through Monday resume, including the Thursday power-outage cancellation.
Outcome
Student-facing buildings began reopening Saturday; regular in-person operations Monday, September 16. Official curly apostrophes preserved.
Provenance
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Campus Alert Archive. "Loyola University New Orleans: Multi-day Francine suspension then Monday resume." Incident of September 11, 2024. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/loyola-university-new-orleans-hurricane-francine-2024-09-11/