{
  "id": "2025-08-04-emory-university-clifton-road-downed-tree",
  "slug": "emory-university-clifton-road-downed-tree-2025-08-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Emory University",
    "shortName": "Emory",
    "state": "GA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Emory Police / @EmoryPolice",
    "enrollment": 15000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-08-04",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "advisory",
    "resolution": "all-clear",
    "headline": "Downed tree blocks every lane near the CDC",
    "headlinePublic": "Downed tree blocks every lane near the CDC",
    "summary": "A [downed tree](https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952461176040005881) blocked every lane of Clifton Road north of the CDC, and a later post said the lanes were clear.",
    "outcome": "All lanes were blocked, then reported clear."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2025-08-04T16:06:33-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "All lanes of Clifton Road are blocked, north of the CDC near Old Briarcliff Road due to a downed tree.\n \nPLEASE DRIVE CAREFULLY IN THIS AREA.\n\n#TrafficAlert",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952461176040005881",
      "sourceDescription": "@EmoryPolice downed tree blocks Clifton Road",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed the two-post thread as one string, sha256 277da28a7ed94e6432cf8be63c706de5f00995071a1d251284e3e82ac06800a8. This alert is post 1 of 2. The U+00A0 line inside this post is kept.",
        "The attached photo was not transcribed. Sequence 2 is the lanes-clear update."
      ],
      "characterCount": 156
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "all-clear",
      "timestamp": "2025-08-04T19:13:39-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "All lanes of Clifton Road are clear.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952508257953853531",
      "sourceDescription": "@EmoryPolice Clifton Road lanes clear",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads byte-agreed the two-post thread as one string, sha256 277da28a7ed94e6432cf8be63c706de5f00995071a1d251284e3e82ac06800a8. This alert is post 2 of 2, the lanes-clear line.",
        "Not the October 1 downed-power-line closure and not the August 8 shooting."
      ],
      "characterCount": 36
    }
  ],
  "context": "@EmoryPolice reported a [downed tree](https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952461176040005881) blocking Clifton Road north of the CDC. A later post says [the lanes are clear](https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952508257953853531).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A downed tree blocked every lane of Clifton Road north of the CDC near Old Briarcliff Road. A later post said the lanes were clear."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@EmoryPolice downed tree blocks Clifton Road",
      "url": "https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952461176040005881",
      "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."
    },
    {
      "title": "@EmoryPolice Clifton Road lanes clear",
      "url": "https://x.com/EmoryPolice/status/1952508257953853531",
      "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": [
    "2025",
    "other",
    "private-r1"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-12",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-12",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}