Afternoon severe thunderstorm warning for Chapel Hill area

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element present. Alert Carolina is a branded tag and NWS Raleigh NC names the issuing agency.

  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: Alert Carolina is a branded tag and NWS Raleigh NC names the issuing agency.
  2. present: Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC identify who issued the message.
  3. present: Alert Carolina is a branded tag and NWS Raleigh NC is a named agency.
  4. present: Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC are named as sources.
  5. present: Alert Carolina is a branded header and NWS Raleigh NC is named as the issuer.
  6. present: Alert Carolina is the sending brand and NWS Raleigh NC is an issuing agency.
  7. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender, and NWS Raleigh NC names the issuing weather office.
  8. present: "!Alert Carolina!" is a branded signature, and NWS Raleigh NC is named as the issuing office.
  9. present: Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC are identified as sources.
  10. present: "!Alert Carolina!" is a branded sender tag, and "NWS Raleigh NC" is a named issuing office.
  11. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender, and NWS Raleigh NC is named as the issuing office.
  12. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender and NWS Raleigh NC is a named issuing agency.
  13. present: Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC identify the campus brand and issuing office.
  14. present: Alert Carolina is a branded signature and NWS Raleigh NC is named as the issuer.
  15. present: Alert Carolina plus NWS Raleigh NC identify the sending authorities.
  16. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender tag.
  17. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender tag, and NWS Raleigh NC names the issuing authority.
  18. present: Alert Carolina is a branded signature and NWS Raleigh NC is a named issuing office.
  19. present: Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC name the sender and agency.
  20. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender and NWS Raleigh NC is a named agency.
  21. present: Alert Carolina brands the sending system.
  22. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender tag, and NWS Raleigh NC is a named issuing office.
  23. present: The sender is identified as Alert Carolina, with the weather product attributed to NWS Raleigh NC.
  24. present: The message is attributed to Alert Carolina and NWS Raleigh NC.
  25. present: Alert Carolina is a branded sender tag and NWS Raleigh NC is a named issuing office.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element present. The hazard is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.

  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: The hazard is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning.
  2. present: Severe thunderstorm warning is a specific named hazard.
  3. present: Severe thunderstorm warning is a specific hazard.
  4. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning is the identified hazard.
  5. present: A severe thunderstorm warning is a specific hazard.
  6. present: Severe thunderstorm warning is a specific threat.
  7. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names the specific storm hazard.
  8. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" identifies the storm hazard.
  9. present: A severe thunderstorm warning is the named hazard.
  10. present: "Severe Thunderstorm Warning" names the hazard.
  11. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning specifies the hazard.
  12. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning specifies the threat.
  13. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names the specific hazard.
  14. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names a specific hazard.
  15. present: Severe thunderstorm warning names the hazard.
  16. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names the hazard.
  17. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning identifies the hazard.
  18. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning states the specific hazard.
  19. present: A severe thunderstorm warning is a specific named threat.
  20. present: Severe thunderstorm warning names a specific hazard.
  21. present: A severe thunderstorm warning is a specific threat.
  22. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names the hazard.
  23. present: The hazard is identified as a severe thunderstorm warning.
  24. present: The message names a severe thunderstorm warning as the hazard.
  25. present: Severe Thunderstorm Warning names the hazard.
• Locationabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element absent. No campus, city, building, or area is named as the threatened place.

  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 campus, city, building, or area is named as the threatened place.
  2. absent: No building, street, campus, or place is given for the threat.
  3. absent: No affected place or campus area is named in the text.
  4. absent: No campus, city, or street is stated in the text.
  5. absent: No campus, city, or other affected place is stated.
  6. absent: No place is named for the warning area. NWS Raleigh NC is the office, not the threatened site.
  7. absent: No campus, city, building, or other place is given for where the storm is. Raleigh NC is the NWS office, not the threat location.
  8. absent: No affected place is given. NWS Raleigh NC is the issuer, not the warning area.
  9. absent: The text never names a campus, city, or other threatened area.
  10. absent: No campus, city, building, or area is given for where the storm is.
  11. absent: The text never names a campus, city, building, or area where the storm is.
  12. absent: No campus, city, or other place for the storm is stated.
  13. absent: No campus, city, or other place of the storm is given.
  14. absent: No campus, city, building, or area is given as the place of the threat.
  15. absent: No campus, city, building, or area is given as the storm location.
  16. absent: No building, campus, or other place is given. NWS Raleigh NC is the issuing office, not the hazard location.
  17. absent: No campus, building, city, or area is given for the storm. NWS Raleigh NC is the office, not the threat location.
  18. absent: No campus, building, city, or other place is given for where the storm is.
  19. absent: No place is named for where the warning applies.
  20. absent: No place or campus location is stated.
  21. absent: No campus, city, or impact area is named beyond the NWS office.
  22. absent: No campus, city, building, or area is given for where the storm is.
  23. absent: No campus, city, or storm-area location is specified.
  24. absent: The message does not name a geographic area or campus where the storm will hit.
  25. absent: No campus, city, building, or area is given for where the storm is.
• Guidanceabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element absent. The text gives no protective action for the public.

  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: The text gives no protective action for the public.
  2. absent: Recipients are not told any protective action.
  3. absent: No protective action is given to the recipient.
  4. absent: No action instructions are included.
  5. absent: The message gives no protective instruction.
  6. absent: No recipient action is given.
  7. absent: The text only reports that a warning was issued. It never tells recipients what to do.
  8. absent: The message only reports that a warning was issued and does not tell anyone what to do.
  9. absent: No protective action is given.
  10. absent: Recipients are not told what protective action to take.
  11. absent: No shelter, stay inside, or other protective instruction is directed at readers.
  12. absent: No seek shelter, stay inside, or other protective action is given.
  13. absent: Recipients are not told what protective action to take.
  14. absent: Recipients are not told to shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action.
  15. absent: The body reports a product issuance and gives no protective step.
  16. absent: The text reports a warning issuance only and tells recipients nothing to do.
  17. absent: No instruction to seek shelter, stay inside, or take any other protective action is present.
  18. absent: The text reports a warning issuance but does not tell readers what to do.
  19. absent: No protective action is given for the recipient.
  20. absent: No recipient action is requested.
  21. absent: No action is given for the recipient to take.
  22. absent: Recipients are not told what protective action to take.
  23. absent: No protective action such as seeking shelter is recommended.
  24. absent: The message gives no protective action instructions.
  25. absent: Recipients are not told what protective action to take.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element present. It states August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM 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.

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  1. present: It states August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT.
  2. present: Start and end clock times and the date are provided.
  3. present: The message has issue time, date, and an until end time.
  4. present: The warning is timed from 2:43PM to 3:45PM EDT on August 16.
  5. present: The until window from 2:43PM to 3:45PM EDT is explicit.
  6. present: The warning has a start time and an until time on August 16.
  7. present: It includes issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until August 16 at 3:45PM EDT, a clear valid window.
  8. present: It gives issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until August 16 at 3:45PM EDT.
  9. present: The warning lists an issue time and an end time on August 16.
  10. present: "issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until August 16 at 3:45PM EDT" supplies start and end times.
  11. present: Issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT is an explicit time span.
  12. present: August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT supplies clock times.
  13. present: Issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT supplies start and end times.
  14. present: Issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT is explicit timing.
  15. present: August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT is explicit timing.
  16. present: August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until August 16 at 3:45PM EDT is explicit timing.
  17. present: Issue and end times are given: August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT.
  18. present: August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT is a complete valid period.
  19. present: Issue time and an until end time are stated.
  20. present: Issue time and until time are given with date and clock.
  21. present: The warning runs from 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT.
  22. present: Issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until August 16 at 3:45PM EDT supplies start and end times.
  23. present: The warning is given an explicit start and end time of 2:43 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT on August 16.
  24. present: The message states the warning was issued at 2:43PM EDT and lasts until 3:45PM EDT.
  25. present: Issued August 16 at 2:43PM EDT until 3:45PM EDT supplies a time window.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  25 of 25 passes found this element absent. No injury, damage, or other consequence is 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.

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  1. absent: No injury, damage, or other consequence is described.
  2. absent: No consequence or severity appears beyond the hazard name.
  3. absent: No impact or harm is described.
  4. absent: No consequence or severity language is added.
  5. absent: Nothing adds harm or severity beyond the warning name.
  6. absent: No severity or consequence is stated beyond the hazard name.
  7. absent: No consequence or severity is conveyed beyond the hazard product name.
  8. absent: No consequence or severity wording accompanies the warning name.
  9. absent: No storm impacts or consequences are described.
  10. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do.
  11. absent: Severity or consequences of the thunderstorm are not described.
  12. absent: No severity or consequence wording accompanies the warning.
  13. absent: No impact language describes what the storm could do.
  14. absent: No consequence or severity statement accompanies the warning name.
  15. absent: Product title alone does not describe consequences for people.
  16. absent: No impact or severity language accompanies the warning name.
  17. absent: No statement of harm, damage, or severity accompanies the warning name.
  18. absent: No damaging, dangerous, or injury language describes the storm's effects.
  19. absent: No consequence or severity is given beyond the hazard name.
  20. absent: The text names the warning only and states no consequence or severity.
  21. absent: The message never states what harm the storm could cause.
  22. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do.
  23. absent: No thunderstorm consequences such as lightning, hail, or wind damage are described.
  24. absent: The message does not describe storm consequences.
  25. absent: The product name alone does not state what the storm could do.