{
  "id": "2026-02-23-caldwell-community-college-watauga-weather-operations",
  "slug": "caldwell-community-college-watauga-weather-operations-2026-02-23",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute",
    "shortName": "CCC&TI",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "community-college",
    "alertSystemName": "Regroup / official X",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-02-23",
    "type": "winter-storm",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Watauga closed then delayed open noon (-24, )",
    "headlinePublic": "Watauga closed then delayed open noon (-24, )",
    "summary": "Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute [closed Watauga Campus Monday February 23](https://x.com/cccti/status/2025913942120292830) and [delayed opening until 12 p.m. Tuesday February 24, 2026](https://x.com/cccti/status/2026075611194708338) for inclement weather.",
    "outcome": "Watauga closed Feb 23; opened noon Feb 24."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-02-23",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Monday, Feb. 23, 8 AM update: Due to inclement weather, our Watauga Campus will closedon Monday, February 23, 2026. Students should check Moodle and email instructors for any information about specific courses.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2025913942120292830",
      "sourceDescription": "Watauga closed Feb 23",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @cccti X account including typo closedon."
      ],
      "characterCount": 210
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-02-23",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "❄️⚠️Watauga Campus weather alert for Tuesday, Feb. 24: Due to inclement weather, our Watauga Campus will open at 12 PM on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Students should check Moodle and email instructors for any information about specific courses.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2026075611194708338",
      "sourceDescription": "Watauga noon delay Feb 24",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from official @cccti X account."
      ],
      "characterCount": 244
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wider b276 CCC&TI residual Watauga Feb 23-24 weather sequence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Close then next-day noon delayed open at mountain campus."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Watauga closed Feb 23",
      "url": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2025913942120292830",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "Watauga noon Feb 24",
      "url": "https://x.com/cccti/status/2026075611194708338",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "north-carolina",
    "winter-storm",
    "community-college",
    "wider-reach"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-03",
  "addedBy": "ingestion",
  "annotations": [
    "B20 first-message queue 2026-08-16: first preserved message is type update (not 'initial'); no earlier official initial located on cited source at re-check. Record starts here; type left unchanged."
  ],
  "dateModified": "2026-08-16"
}