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Lima campus evening severe thunderstorm warning

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Ohio State Emergency Management posted a Lima Campus severe thunderstorm warning on August 10, 2026.

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Institution
The Ohio State University
Public R1 · OH
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~60,000 studentsBuckeye Alert / @OSU_EMFP
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Read when and how Ohio State says it will use Buckeye Alert: summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

1 message in sequence · 1 verified verbatim

Confirmed wording is transcribed character-for-character from a primary source. Use Verify this quote under each message to open that source in a new tab and compare the text yourself.

INITIAL ALERTTwitter/X
Verified verbatim133 chars
OSU Lima Campus - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-16.
Thread checked 2026-08-16: no further posts from @OSU_EMFP for this Lima warning product.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-09-ohio-state-university-lima-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different NWS product day and status ID.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-10-ohio-state-university-marion-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different regional campus.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-ohio-state-university-newark-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different regional campus and NWS product day.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-10-ohio-state-university-columbus-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different regional campus.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-10-ohio-state-university-mansfield-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different regional campus.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-ohio-state-university-wooster-severe-thunderstorm-warning-overnight: different regional campus and different NWS product day and different product window.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-ohio-state-university-columbus-flash-flood-warning: different NWS product (flash flood vs severe thunderstorm) and/or campus.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-ohio-state-university-wooster-severe-thunderstorm-warning-morning: different regional campus and different NWS product day.
Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-ohio-state-university-columbus-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different regional campus and different NWS product day.
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.

OSU Lima Campus - Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The message clearly identifies OSU Lima Campus as the subject of the alert.

    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. present: The branded header "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the institutional sender, and "NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing weather office.
    2. present: "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing National Weather Service office, and "OSU Lima Campus" is the institutional header.
    3. present: The issuing office is named as "NWS Northern Indiana", a National Weather Service authority.
    4. present: The clause "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    5. present: The by-line names "NWS Northern Indiana" as the issuing weather office.
    6. present: The clause "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    7. present: The closer "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    8. present: The lead tag "OSU Lima Campus" names the sending campus, and "NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing weather office.
    9. present: OSU Lima Campus names the institution, and by NWS Northern Indiana names the issuing weather office.
    10. present: "NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing weather office, and "OSU Lima Campus" is the campus sender header.
    11. present: by NWS Northern Indiana names the National Weather Service office that issued the notice.
    12. present: The closer "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service as the issuing authority.
    13. present: "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    14. present: "NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing weather office, and "OSU" identifies the university that is relaying it.
    15. present: The closer "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    16. present: "NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office that issued the product.
    17. present: "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing National Weather Service office as the authority.
    18. present: The header "OSU Lima Campus" names the institution, and "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the issuing weather office.
    19. present: "by NWS Northern Indiana" names the National Weather Service office as the issuing authority.
    20. present: NWS Northern Indiana is named as the issuing authority.
    21. present: NWS Northern Indiana is named as the issuing authority.
    22. present: The issuing authority is named as NWS Northern Indiana.
    23. present: NWS Northern Indiana is named as the issuer.
    24. present: NWS Northern Indiana is named as the issuing office.
    25. present: The phrase by NWS Northern Indiana names the issuing office as the source.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    A severe thunderstorm warning is explicitly named as the hazard type.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    2. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    3. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    4. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    5. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat, not a generic emergency.
    6. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific storm hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    7. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" specifies a concrete weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    8. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" states a specific weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    9. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names a specific weather hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    10. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard.
    11. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names a specific storm threat, not a generic emergency.
    12. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    13. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard, not a generic emergency.
    14. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    15. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    16. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather hazard, not a generic emergency.
    17. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat rather than a generic emergency.
    18. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific storm hazard rather than a generic emergency.
    19. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names a specific weather threat.
    20. present: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is the named threat.
    21. present: A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is the specific hazard named.
    22. present: The specific hazard identified is a severe thunderstorm.
    23. present: Severe thunderstorm is named as the threat.
    24. present: A severe thunderstorm is the specific threat named.
    25. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning states the hazard type clearly.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The campus name OSU Lima Campus specifies the affected location.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: "OSU Lima Campus" states the campus the product is for.
    2. present: "OSU Lima Campus" states which campus the warning is for.
    3. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the product is for.
    4. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the product is for.
    5. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the product is for.
    6. present: The opener "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the warning applies to.
    7. present: The header "OSU Lima Campus" names the campus the product covers.
    8. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the warning applies to.
    9. present: OSU Lima Campus is a named campus place for where the warning applies.
    10. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the warning applies to.
    11. present: OSU Lima Campus is a named campus place that locates the warning.
    12. present: "OSU Lima Campus" states the campus the warning is for.
    13. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the warning covers.
    14. present: "OSU Lima Campus" names the campus the product is for.
    15. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the product covers.
    16. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the warning covers.
    17. present: "OSU Lima Campus" names the campus the warning applies to.
    18. present: "OSU Lima Campus" places the warning on that named campus.
    19. present: "OSU Lima Campus" identifies the campus the product is for.
    20. present: OSU Lima Campus is the stated location.
    21. present: OSU Lima Campus is given as the location.
    22. present: The place given is OSU Lima Campus.
    23. present: OSU Lima Campus is named as the place.
    24. present: OSU Lima Campus is the place named.
    25. present: OSU Lima Campus is the named place the alert covers.
  • Guidanceabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    The text gives no protective actions, instructions, or what people should do.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter or stay inside is directed at recipients.
    2. absent: No protective instruction such as seek shelter, stay inside, or avoid the area is given.
    3. absent: Recipients are not told to seek shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    4. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter or stay inside is given.
    5. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter, stay inside, or avoid the area is given.
    6. absent: Recipients are not told to seek shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    7. absent: Readers are not told to shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    8. absent: The text never tells recipients to shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    9. absent: No protective instruction such as seek shelter, stay inside, or avoid the area is given.
    10. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter or stay inside is given.
    11. absent: The text gives no protective instruction such as take shelter or stay indoors.
    12. absent: Recipients are not told to seek shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    13. absent: No seek-shelter, stay-inside, or other protective instruction is given to recipients.
    14. absent: No protective instruction such as seek shelter, stay inside, or avoid the area is given.
    15. absent: Recipients are not told to seek shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    16. absent: No instruction tells recipients to shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
    17. absent: The text gives no protective instruction such as seek shelter or stay inside.
    18. absent: No protective instruction such as seek shelter, stay inside, or avoid the area is given.
    19. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter or stay inside is given.
    20. absent: No protective action is told to the recipient.
    21. absent: No protective action is told to the recipient.
    22. absent: No instruction to take protective action appears beyond the product name.
    23. absent: No protective action is told to the reader.
    24. absent: No protective action is told to the reader.
    25. absent: No protective action such as seek shelter or take cover is given.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Start and end times are stated: issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: It states issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    2. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    3. present: It states issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    4. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    5. present: It states issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    6. present: Issuance and expiration are given as "August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    7. present: It is "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    8. present: It gives issuance and expiration as "August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    9. present: It states issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    10. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    11. present: Issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until 10:30PM EDT supplies a date and clock window.
    12. present: It gives a dated clock window: "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    13. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    14. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    15. present: It gives start and end clock times: "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    16. present: The product is "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    17. present: It states the product was issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    18. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    19. present: It states "issued August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT".
    20. present: Issue and until times on August 10 are given.
    21. present: Issue and until times on August 10 in EDT are stated.
    22. present: The time window runs from August 10 at 9:41PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT.
    23. present: Issued and until times on August 10 are given.
    24. present: An issue time and until window on August 10 are given.
    25. present: Issued and until clocks on August 10 supply the valid window.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    No impacts such as damage, injury risk, or storm effects are described.

    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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: No consequence or severity language appears beyond the warning name.
    2. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    3. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do to people or property.
    4. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do to people or property.
    5. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    6. absent: The product name states the warning type but not what the storm could do to people or property.
    7. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    8. absent: Nothing states what the storm could do to people or property beyond the product name.
    9. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    10. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do to people or property.
    11. absent: Nothing states what the storm could do to people or property beyond the product name.
    12. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    13. absent: Nothing says what the storm could do to people or property.
    14. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    15. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do to people or property.
    16. absent: The warning name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    17. absent: The warning name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    18. absent: The product name alone does not say what the storm could do to people or property.
    19. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do to people or property.
    20. absent: No severity or consequence is stated beyond the hazard name.
    21. absent: No consequence or severity is given beyond the hazard name.
    22. absent: No stated consequence is given beyond the product title.
    23. absent: No harm or severity is stated beyond the product name.
    24. absent: No harm or severity is stated beyond the product name.
    25. absent: No damaging wind, hail, or other impact wording appears.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

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

About this analysis
Context

Background

Ohio State posts regional campus weather alerts on @OSU_EMFP. Lima is a regional campus of The Ohio State University.
Analysis

Key Findings

Regional campus named in the alert header for a time-bounded NWS severe thunderstorm warning.
Outcome
Campus-named severe thunderstorm warning product issued for Lima.
Provenance

Sources

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Campus Alert Archive. "The Ohio State University: Lima campus evening severe thunderstorm warning." Incident of August 10, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/ohio-state-university-lima-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-08-10/

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