{
  "id": "2026-01-21-lamar-university-severe-weather-closure",
  "slug": "lamar-university-severe-weather-closure-2026-01-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Lamar University",
    "shortName": "Lamar",
    "state": "TX",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "LU Alert",
    "enrollment": 17000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-01-21",
    "endDate": "2026-01-26",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Severe-weather monitoring, then a full closure including online classes",
    "headlinePublic": "Severe-weather monitoring, then a full closure including online classes",
    "summary": "The [Lamar alerts page](https://www.lamar.edu/alerts/index.html), as captured on January 25, said the university was monitoring severe weather, then said campus would be closed on Monday, including online classes.",
    "outcome": "Campus was closed for Monday, including in-person, hybrid, and online classes. The live alerts page on the access date no longer carried these cards."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Lamar University is currently monitoring the potential for severe weather and any conditions that may affect campus. Additional updates will be provided if needed.\n\nWe encourage all faculty, staff, and students to be prepared. Please visit the storm preparedness web site for tips and more information.\n\nIn the event that a change to normal operations becomes necessary, notifications will be sent through your LU email, lamar.edu/alerts, Lamar University’s social media sites and an automated phone call will be placed to the number listed in your Self-Service Banner account. Please monitor these communications methods for official updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lamar.edu/alerts/index.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Lamar alerts page, severe-weather monitoring card",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads on 2026-10-04 of Wayback capture 20260125042208. Body sha256 79d27c43aab1974883624ad23c3a9c82172ec202ef55faa924531963fbbe5319. Heading and card clock are not in the verbatim.",
        "Card clock Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00 AM. CST -06:00 applied."
      ],
      "characterCount": 643,
      "timestamp": "2026-01-21T11:00:00-06:00"
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Due to the severe weather conditions and out of an abundance of caution, the Lamar University campus will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026. This closure includes all in-person, hybrid, and online classes.\n\nIf an additional change to normal operations becomes necessary, notifications will be sent through your LU email, lamar.edu/alerts, Lamar University’s social media sites and an automated phone call and text message will be placed to the number listed in your Self-Service Banner account. Please monitor these communications methods for official updates.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.lamar.edu/alerts/index.html",
      "sourceDescription": "Lamar alerts page, Monday closure card",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent reads on 2026-10-04 of Wayback capture 20260125042208. Body sha256 21d5588c61e9829711688f61319ccbd179cd671dedc7754d3ef4b1d7065faf10. Heading and card clock are not in the verbatim.",
        "Card clock Saturday, January 24, 2026 - 03:20 PM. CST -06:00 applied. The Monday closure date is in the body."
      ],
      "characterCount": 564,
      "timestamp": "2026-01-24T15:20:00-06:00"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Both cards were on the official alerts page in the January 25 Wayback capture. The live page on 2026-10-04 said there were no alerts at this time, so the verbatim is the capture.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A monitoring notice was followed by a Monday closure that included online classes."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Lamar alerts page, January 21 and January 24 cards",
      "url": "https://www.lamar.edu/alerts/index.html",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260125042208/https://www.lamar.edu/alerts/index.html",
      "archiveNotes": "Both reads used the existing Wayback capture 20260125042208. No new SPN save was started."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "texas",
    "lamar",
    "diversity"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}