Tornado warning take shelter until 8:30pm CST

To check this alert, Claude Opus 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

  Present, unanimously. The message opens with the WiscAlert brand tag and credits the National Weather Service, so both the sending system and the originating authority are named.

  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: "WiscAlert" is the branded sender and the National Weather Service is named as issuer.
  2. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits "The National Weather Service".
  3. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  4. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  5. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and cites "The National Weather Service".
  6. present: It is signed "WiscAlert" and credits the National Weather Service.
  7. present: WiscAlert branding and the National Weather Service are both identified.
  8. present: Branded WiscAlert plus the National Weather Service identify the sender.
  9. present: It is signed "WiscAlert" and credits the National Weather Service.
  10. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and cites "The National Weather Service".
  11. present: It opens with WiscAlert and credits the National Weather Service as issuer.
  12. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  13. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and cites the National Weather Service.
  14. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits "The National Weather Service".
  15. present: "WiscAlert" signs the message and the National Weather Service is credited.
  16. present: It is tagged "WiscAlert" and attributes the warning to the National Weather Service.
  17. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  18. present: It is signed "WiscAlert" and credits the National Weather Service.
  19. present: 'WiscAlert' branding and 'The National Weather Service' both identify the source.
  20. present: "WiscAlert" brands the message and the National Weather Service is named as issuer.
  21. present: "WiscAlert" branding and "The National Weather Service" both identify the source.
  22. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  23. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  24. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits the National Weather Service.
  25. present: It carries the "WiscAlert" signature and credits "The National Weather Service".
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, unanimously. A tornado warning is named explicitly in capital letters, leaving no doubt about the hazard.

  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: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  2. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  3. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  4. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the hazard precisely.
  5. present: It names a "TORNADO WARNING".
  6. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" is the named specific hazard.
  7. present: A TORNADO WARNING names the hazard.
  8. present: A TORNADO WARNING names a specific hazard.
  9. present: It names a "TORNADO WARNING", a specific hazard.
  10. present: It names a "TORNADO WARNING", a specific hazard.
  11. present: A TORNADO WARNING is a specific named hazard.
  12. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  13. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  14. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  15. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  16. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  17. present: It names a "TORNADO WARNING", a specific hazard.
  18. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  19. present: A 'TORNADO WARNING' names the specific hazard.
  20. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the hazard specifically.
  21. present: It names a "TORNADO WARNING", a specific hazard.
  22. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the hazard precisely.
  23. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the hazard precisely.
  24. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the specific hazard.
  25. present: A "TORNADO WARNING" names the hazard precisely.
• Locationpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, unanimously. The alert states that the warning impacts the UW-Madison campus, giving a clear and specific area.

  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: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  2. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  3. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  4. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  5. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  6. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  7. present: It says impacting the UW-Madison campus.
  8. present: It says the warning impacts the UW-Madison campus.
  9. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  10. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  11. present: It says the warning impacts the UW-Madison campus.
  12. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  13. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  14. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  15. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  16. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  17. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  18. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  19. present: It says the warning is 'impacting the UW-Madison campus'.
  20. present: It says the warning is "impacting the UW-Madison campus".
  21. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  22. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  23. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  24. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
  25. present: It says the warning impacts "the UW-Madison campus".
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, unanimously. The instruction to take shelter immediately is a direct protective action for recipients.

  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: "Take shelter immediately" is a clear protective action.
  2. present: It orders recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  3. present: It orders recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  4. present: "Take shelter immediately" is an explicit protective action.
  5. present: It orders recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  6. present: "Take shelter immediately" is an explicit protective action.
  7. present: Take shelter immediately is a protective action.
  8. present: Take shelter immediately is a protective action.
  9. present: It orders "Take shelter immediately".
  10. present: It instructs recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  11. present: Take shelter immediately is a protective action instruction.
  12. present: "Take shelter immediately" is a clear protective action.
  13. present: It instructs "Take shelter immediately".
  14. present: It directs recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  15. present: "Take shelter immediately" is a clear protective action.
  16. present: It instructs recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  17. present: It directs recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  18. present: It orders recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  19. present: It instructs recipients to 'Take shelter immediately'.
  20. present: "Take shelter immediately" is a clear protective instruction.
  21. present: It instructs "Take shelter immediately".
  22. present: "Take shelter immediately" is a clear protective action.
  23. present: "Take shelter immediately" is a protective action.
  24. present: It directs recipients to "Take shelter immediately".
  25. present: It directs readers to "Take shelter immediately".
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Present, unanimously. The alert gives both an onset of now and an expiry of 8:00pm, bounding the warning in time.

  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 runs "now until 8:00pm", a clear time window.
  2. present: It says the warning runs "now until 8:00pm".
  3. present: It gives the window "now until 8:00pm".
  4. present: It gives "now until 8:00pm" as the window.
  5. present: It gives "now until 8:00pm".
  6. present: It runs "now until 8:00pm", giving both recency and an end time.
  7. present: It states now until 8:00pm.
  8. present: It says now until 8:00pm.
  9. present: It states "now until 8:00pm".
  10. present: It states "now until 8:00pm", a clear time window.
  11. present: It says now until 8:00pm, a clear time window.
  12. present: It states the warning runs "now until 8:00pm".
  13. present: It states "now until 8:00pm", a clear time window.
  14. present: It states the warning runs "now until 8:00pm".
  15. present: "now until 8:00pm" gives both recency and an end time.
  16. present: It gives the window "now until 8:00pm".
  17. present: It gives a window: "now until 8:00pm".
  18. present: It gives the window "now until 8:00pm".
  19. present: 'now until 8:00pm' gives the timing window.
  20. present: It gives a window: "now until 8:00pm".
  21. present: It says "now until 8:00pm", a clear time window.
  22. present: It gives "now until 8:00pm".
  23. present: It gives "now until 8:00pm".
  24. present: It says "now until 8:00pm", giving both recency and an end time.
  25. present: It runs "now until 8:00pm", a clear time window.
• Impactabsent2/25

  Final assessment

  Absent by a strong majority. Beyond naming a tornado warning, the message never describes damage, injury, or any consequence recipients would face.

  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 damage or danger consequence beyond the warning label is stated.
  2. absent: No damage or danger consequence is spelled out beyond the warning label itself.
  3. absent: No description of tornado consequences such as damage or injury appears.
  4. absent: Beyond naming the tornado warning, no damage or danger consequence is spelled out.
  5. absent: It names the tornado but does not describe damage or danger it could cause.
  6. absent: No damage or injury consequence is spelled out beyond naming the warning.
  7. present: Urgent plus impacting the campus conveys expected damaging effect on the campus.
  8. absent: No explicit consequence such as damaging winds or danger is stated.
  9. absent: It names the tornado warning but describes no damage or danger consequence.
  10. absent: It does not describe damage or danger the tornado could cause.
  11. absent: No harm or severity such as damaging winds or life threatening is stated.
  12. absent: No consequence such as damaging winds or danger to life is spelled out.
  13. absent: It does not describe damage or danger the tornado could cause beyond naming the warning.
  14. absent: No explicit consequence such as damaging winds or life threat is stated.
  15. absent: No description of what the tornado could do is given.
  16. absent: No explicit statement of damage, injury, or severity is given.
  17. absent: No consequence such as damaging winds or danger to life is stated.
  18. absent: No description of damage or danger beyond naming the warning is given.
  19. absent: No explicit consequence such as damaging winds or danger is stated.
  20. absent: No damage or danger consequence is spelled out beyond naming the warning.
  21. absent: No explicit statement of damage or danger beyond naming the tornado warning.
  22. absent: No damage, injury, or severity statement accompanies the warning.
  23. absent: No damage, injury, or severity language beyond the hazard name appears.
  24. present: "Urgent" plus a tornado impacting campus with immediate sheltering implies serious danger to people.
  25. absent: No description of what the tornado could do to people or property.