{
  "id": "2026-03-16-american-university-midday-instructional-continuity",
  "slug": "american-university-midday-instructional-continuity-2026-03-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "American University",
    "shortName": "AU",
    "state": "DC",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "AU Alert / official X",
    "enrollment": 14000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-16",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Midday close keeps instruction going",
    "headlinePublic": "Midday close keeps instruction going",
    "summary": "Inclement weather brings a midday close with instructional continuity. Details are in the [notice](https://x.com/AmericanU/status/2033551012653400131).",
    "outcome": "The campus closed at 12:00 p.m. with instructional continuity."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-16T10:28:37-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "AU Alert: Due to inclement weather, on Monday, March 16, 2026, AU will close with instructional continuity at 12:00 PM.  Please see email for more details.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AmericanU/status/2033551012653400131",
      "sourceDescription": "@AmericanU midday close",
      "annotations": [
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        "Thread checked 2026-10-12: two replies, neither from the official account. No further posts from @AmericanU. Single-post incident. The narrow no-break space after PM. is in the post."
      ],
      "characterCount": 155
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official post on [@AmericanU](https://x.com/AmericanU). The [midday close](https://x.com/AmericanU/status/2033551012653400131) keeps instruction going during inclement weather.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Inclement weather closed the campus at 12:00 p.m. with instructional continuity. The post keeps a narrow no-break space after PM."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@AmericanU midday close",
      "url": "https://x.com/AmericanU/status/2033551012653400131",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-12",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at 05:02Z. The one in-flight save that hour returned HTTP 523 and was not healthy, so this URL was not separately saved."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "2026",
    "severe-weather",
    "private-r1"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}