{
  "id": "2026-08-11-indiana-university-northwest-lake-county-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "indiana-university-northwest-lake-county-tornado-warning-2026-08-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Indiana University Northwest",
    "shortName": "IU Northwest",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "IU Notify / IUN Alert",
    "enrollment": 4000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-11",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Lake County seek-shelter tornado warning morning hours",
    "headlinePublic": "Lake County seek-shelter tornado warning morning hours",
    "summary": "IU Public Safety [IUN Alert ordered SEEK SHELTER NOW for a Lake County tornado warning](https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2087207653604778041).",
    "outcome": "Seek-shelter instruction under NWS Chicago tornado warning."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T11:00:57-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "IUN Alert:Lake County:SEEK SHELTER NOW.\n\nTornado Warning issued August 11 at 10:59AM CDT until August 11 at 11:45AM CDT by NWS Chicago IL",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2087207653604778041",
      "sourceDescription": "@IUpolice IUN Alert Lake County tornado",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-16.",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-16: no further posts from @IUpolice for this Lake County warning product.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-07-27-indiana-university-northwest-tornado-warning-seek-shelter: different NWS product day.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-indiana-university-northwest-storm-damage-limited-operations: different hazard (tornado seek-shelter vs multi-day storm-damage limited ops)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 137
    }
  ],
  "context": "IU Public Safety posts regional-campus IUN Alert products on [@IUpolice](https://x.com/IUpolice). Same-day storm-damage limited-operations messages are a separate operational sequence.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "SEEK SHELTER NOW product for a 10:59-11:45 a.m. CDT Lake County tornado warning."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@IUpolice IUN Alert Lake County tornado",
      "url": "https://x.com/IUpolice/status/2087207653604778041",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-16",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "indiana",
    "tornado",
    "iun-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-16",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}