{
  "id": "2025-02-16-auburn-university-northwest-lee-county-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "auburn-university-northwest-lee-county-tornado-warning-2025-02-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Auburn University",
    "shortName": "Auburn",
    "state": "AL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "AU ALERT",
    "alertPlatform": "X",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-16",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Tornado warning for northwest Lee County skips the main campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warning for northwest Lee County skips the main campus",
    "summary": "AU ALERT [@AuburnSafety](https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891029475258687612) posted a Lee County tornado watch, then a warning for northwest Lee County that did not include the main campus, then an all-clear.",
    "outcome": "An all-clear for Auburn and Lee County followed the warning."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-16T01:38:55-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Tornado watch in effect for Lee county until 6am",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891029475258687612",
      "sourceDescription": "@AuburnSafety Lee County tornado watch",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent thread fetch 2026-10-04. sha256 81b58442589a345f94c60980b6fb0fdd893b8c710fb617a1380389526da00700. Times are America/Chicago CST (UTC-6).",
        "Thread checked 2026-10-04: no further posts from @AuburnSafety for this incident. The warning is 1891046899710357665 and the all-clear is 1891060567646912810."
      ],
      "characterCount": 48
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-16T02:48:09-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Tornado warning in effect until 3:15 AM for northwest Lee county. \nThis particular warning does not include Auburn University’s main campus. \n\nStay weather aware.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891046899710357665",
      "sourceDescription": "@AuburnSafety northwest Lee County tornado warning",
      "annotations": [
        "Sequence 2 warning. sha256 9405b6e558a701f7a9303207fe705f131e6375d9cfaf693a85e433ae94e68934. The warning says it does not include the main campus."
      ],
      "characterCount": 162
    },
    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-02-16T03:42:28-06:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "All clear for Auburn and Lee County",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891060567646912810",
      "sourceDescription": "@AuburnSafety Auburn and Lee County all-clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Sequence 3 all-clear. sha256 e4e7f8a5d715e25be67a18e0d0ae827acc38090a8e93ed3396eb3668e12aa68f. No replies."
      ],
      "characterCount": 35
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official posts: the [watch](https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891029475258687612), the [warning](https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891046899710357665), and the [all-clear](https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891060567646912810).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A Lee County tornado watch was followed by a northwest Lee County warning that excluded the main campus, then an all-clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@AuburnSafety Lee County tornado watch",
      "url": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891029475258687612",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@AuburnSafety northwest Lee County tornado warning",
      "url": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891046899710357665",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@AuburnSafety Auburn and Lee County all-clear",
      "url": "https://x.com/AuburnSafety/status/1891060567646912810",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after one in-flight save at 17:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "alabama",
    "auburn",
    "tornado"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}