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Classes go remote for a midweek winter storm

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The university moved classes remote on Wednesday for inclement weather and then carried that schedule through Friday.

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Tennessee State University
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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 2 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 verbatim371 chars
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT Tennessee State University will operate on a remote schedule for Wednesday, February 19, 2025. All class instruction will be conducted virtually as well with faculty and staff working remotely, except for essential employees who should report to work. Students, faculty, and staff are asked to please monitor the TSU homepage and email for updates.
Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 7510fda8df7294dc2cddf56ac4b6fb87fe188cb1c91984e6493a3df5567ad24c.
The post body is a graphic. Both reads transcribed that card. Thread checked 2026-10-12: the next official weather post is the Friday extension, captured as sequence 2.
UPDATETwitter/X+23h 42m
Verified verbatim626 chars
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT Tennessee State University will continue operating remotely through Friday, February 21, 2025, for both the main campus and Avon Williams due to inclement weather. All classes will be conducted virtually, and faculty and staff will work remotely, except for essential employees, who should report to work as scheduled. All students and employees are expected to return to campus in-person on Monday, February 24. Students should check email for details on dining hours and TSU shuttle bus routes for the remainder of the week. If you are on campus and experience an emergency, please call 615-963-5171.
Two independent reads byte-agreed, sha256 65652720f42b5e189e766d0bf42ef6f479074fef3c96735c990b490fd24c0f9e.
The post body is a graphic. Both reads transcribed that card. This is the continuation of the Wednesday remote schedule.
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.

SEVERE WEATHER ALERT Tennessee State University will operate on a remote schedule for Wednesday, February 19, 2025. All class instruction will be conducted virtually as well with faculty and staff working remotely, except for essential employees who should report to work. Students, faculty, and staff are asked to please monitor the TSU homepage and email for updates.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked this element present.

    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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    1. present: The notice names Tennessee State University and TSU directly as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. present: Tennessee State University and TSU are both named outright as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. present: Both the full university name and TSU are stated as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. present: Tennessee State University is named along with the TSU mark as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. present: The notice names the university and includes faculty readers as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. present: The text names the university and also mentions staff as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. present: Tennessee State University and TSU name the sending body as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. present: The sender is named as Tennessee State University or TSU as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. present: Readers are told the source is Tennessee State University as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. present: TSU and Tennessee State University are explicitly named here as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. present: A named institution TSU tells readers who issued this as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. present: Tennessee State University identifies the institution sending the notice as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. present: The full name Tennessee State University is printed clearly as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. present: TSU is written out as Tennessee State University in full as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. present: This alert identifies Tennessee State University as the sender as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. present: Both TSU and the longer university name are present as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. present: The institution is identified as Tennessee State University as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. present: Tennessee State University plus TSU satisfies the sender test as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. present: Sender identity is Tennessee State University also called TSU as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. present: The message names TSU and Tennessee State University together as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. present: The text names tennessee alongside the TSU short form as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. present: A state university name plus TSU identifies the sender as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. present: The university is named in full and also as TSU as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. present: The short name tsu is paired with the school name as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. present: Tennessee State University is the named institution in view as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    25 of 25 passes marked this element present.

    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: Severe weather explains the shift to inclement remote operations as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. present: Named severe weather drives this inclement operations decision as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. present: Inclement operations follow a named severe weather hazard as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. present: The hazard is severe weather forcing inclement operations changes as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. present: Severe weather is cited as the reason for inclement operations as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. present: Inclement operations are tied to a severe weather cause as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. present: A severe weather alert explains the inclement operations shift as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. present: Severe weather is the hazard behind these inclement operations as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. present: The operations change is caused by severe weather conditions as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. present: Weather severe enough to alter operations is clearly named as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. present: The stated hazard is severe weather and inclement operations as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. present: Inclement operations result from the named severe weather threat as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. present: A severe weather hazard is what forces inclement operations as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. present: Named weather is the severe driver of inclement operations as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. present: Inclement operations are the operational face of severe weather as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. present: Severe weather is explicitly the hazard for changed operations as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. present: Readers are warned through a severe weather operations message as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. present: The hazard label is severe weather with inclement operations as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. present: Operations turn inclement because severe weather is declared as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. present: Hazard content is severe weather plus an operations change as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. present: Severe weather is enough to mark the hazard as present as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. present: The hazard side is satisfied by severe weather wording as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. present: Inclement operations under severe weather satisfy the hazard flag as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. present: Severe weather wording makes the hazard element clearly present as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. present: The opening severe weather label marks a real hazard as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.
  • Locationabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    0 of 25 passes marked this element present.

    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. absent: No building street or address is given anywhere here as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. absent: A university name is not a building street or address as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. absent: No building street or physical address is stated in it as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. absent: University wording is not a building street or address as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. absent: No building name street or address is supplied here as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. absent: The institution name is not treated as a physical place as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. absent: Nothing names a building a street or an address as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. absent: No physical place such as a building or street appears as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. absent: Naming the school does not locate a building or street as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. absent: There is no building no street and no address given as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. absent: The school name is not a building street or address as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. absent: No address line building or street is included at all as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. absent: The school title is not a building street or address as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. absent: Absent here are any building any street and any address as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. absent: No mapped place building or street address is present as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. absent: Do not treat the university name as a located place as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. absent: Without a building street or address location stays unset as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. absent: A bare institution name supplies no street or building as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. absent: Location never narrows to a building street or address as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. absent: Street building and address fields are all left empty as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. absent: No building no street and no address can be extracted as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. absent: Institution wording alone is not a building or street as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. absent: Calling it a university does not name a street address as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. absent: No street address or building name exists in the copy as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. absent: No building street or address is available to cite as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.
  • Guidanceabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    0 of 25 passes marked this element present.

    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. absent: Remote classes are not an avoid lock or shelter order as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. absent: Holding classes remotely is not avoid lock or shelter guidance as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. absent: Virtual class plans do not say avoid lock or shelter as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. absent: A virtual class plan is not avoid lock or shelter as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. absent: Remote instruction is not an avoid lock or shelter directive as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. absent: Staff working remotely are not told to lock or shelter as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. absent: Ordering essential personnel in is not a shelter order as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. absent: Directing employees to work remotely is not shelter guidance as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. absent: Checking the homepage is not a shelter or lock order as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. absent: Watching email for news is not avoid lock or shelter as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. absent: Asking readers to await updates is not a shelter order as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. absent: Shifting instruction online is not avoid lock or shelter as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. absent: Operating remotely does not equal avoid lock or shelter guidance as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. absent: A remote schedule is not avoid lock or shelter guidance as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. absent: Classes held remotely do not constitute avoid or shelter orders as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. absent: The remote schedule does not say avoid lock or shelter as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. absent: Moving class online is not avoid lock or shelter guidance as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. absent: A request to monitor pages is not shelter guidance as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. absent: People told to report get no lock or shelter order as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. absent: Remote work rules are not avoid lock or shelter orders as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. absent: Remote learning orders are not avoid lock or shelter steps as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. absent: No reader is told to avoid lock doors or shelter as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. absent: Virtual operations guidance never says avoid lock or shelter as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. absent: Nothing directs readers to avoid an area or shelter as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. absent: Remote classes never become an avoid lock or shelter rule as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.
  • Timeabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    0 of 25 passes marked this element present.

    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. absent: The stated date has no clock and no relative time as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. absent: Only the date wednesday is given with no clock time as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. absent: A february calendar date appears without clock or relative wording as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. absent: February nineteenth is a bare date with no clock shown as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. absent: A weekday date stands alone without any clock time as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. absent: The calendar date carries no clock and no relative cue as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. absent: Wednesday is only a date and no clock time appears as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. absent: No clock or relative time word accompanies that date as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. absent: The date stands without a clock or relative wording as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. absent: That calendar date includes no clock and no relative word as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. absent: Only a full calendar date is present with no clock as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. absent: Readers get a date but no clock or time word as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. absent: Date information alone supplies no clock or relative timing as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. absent: No hour or relative time word sits with the date as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. absent: Wednesday February nineteenth carries no clock time at all as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. absent: A dated weekday appears but no clock time is attached as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. absent: No relative word and no clock modify the given date as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. absent: The only timing offered is a date without any clock as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. absent: Only a calendar date is shown so no clock exists as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. absent: A specific calendar date appears with no hour and minute as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. absent: The written date has no clock and no relative cue as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. absent: Relative time words are missing and no clock appears as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. absent: The printed date lacks both a clock and relative wording as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. absent: Clock time is missing and no relative time word appears as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. absent: A lone date without a clock leaves no timed moment as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    0 of 25 passes marked this element 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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    1. absent: No suspect description and no injury detail appear here as pass 01 of the February remote schedule.
    2. absent: Nothing here describes a suspect or any injury outcome as pass 02 of the February remote schedule.
    3. absent: The text lacks both a suspect and an injury note as pass 03 of the February remote schedule.
    4. absent: Neither a suspect nor an injury is mentioned at all as pass 04 of the February remote schedule.
    5. absent: No suspect is identified and no injury is described as pass 05 of the February remote schedule.
    6. absent: Suspect details and injury status are both absent here as pass 06 of the February remote schedule.
    7. absent: No injured person and no suspect are described in it as pass 07 of the February remote schedule.
    8. absent: Injury status is unstated and no suspect is identified as pass 08 of the February remote schedule.
    9. absent: No person is injured and no suspect is named here as pass 09 of the February remote schedule.
    10. absent: The message names neither a suspect nor any injury as pass 10 of the February remote schedule.
    11. absent: No suspect appears and injury information is entirely absent as pass 11 of the February remote schedule.
    12. absent: Nothing indicates a suspect and nothing indicates an injury as pass 12 of the February remote schedule.
    13. absent: Both suspect identity and injury status remain entirely unstated as pass 13 of the February remote schedule.
    14. absent: The notice is silent on suspects and silent on injuries as pass 14 of the February remote schedule.
    15. absent: There is no suspect description and no injury statement as pass 15 of the February remote schedule.
    16. absent: Injury and suspect content are both missing from this text as pass 16 of the February remote schedule.
    17. absent: Suspect information is absent and so is any injury note as pass 17 of the February remote schedule.
    18. absent: No one is called a suspect and nobody is injured as pass 18 of the February remote schedule.
    19. absent: There is neither an injury report nor a suspect description as pass 19 of the February remote schedule.
    20. absent: No injuries are listed and no suspect is pointed out as pass 20 of the February remote schedule.
    21. absent: Suspect and injury elements are not part of this message as pass 21 of the February remote schedule.
    22. absent: This text never mentions a suspect or an injured person as pass 22 of the February remote schedule.
    23. absent: Injury details and suspect details are equally absent as pass 23 of the February remote schedule.
    24. absent: The copy contains no suspect and contains no injury as pass 24 of the February remote schedule.
    25. absent: No suspect card and no injury detail are included as pass 25 of the February remote schedule.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

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

About this analysis
Context

Background

Official graphics on @TSUedu. The Wednesday notice sets a remote schedule, and the Friday extension carries it through February 21 with an in-person return on Monday.
Analysis

Key Findings

Classes were remote on Wednesday and stayed remote through Friday for inclement weather. Students and employees were told to return in person on Monday.
Outcome
Classes stayed remote from Wednesday through Friday. In-person return was set for Monday.
Provenance

Sources

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Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "Tennessee State University: Classes go remote for a midweek winter storm." Incident of February 19, 2025. Added October 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/tennessee-state-university-winter-remote-schedule-2025-02-19/

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