{
  "id": "2018-05-15-suny-new-paltz-tornado-warning",
  "slug": "suny-new-paltz-tornado-warning-2018-05-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "State University of New York at New Paltz",
    "shortName": "SUNY New Paltz",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "NPALERT",
    "enrollment": 7500
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2018-05-15",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Tornado warning with severe thunderstorm expected near campus around 3:30",
    "headlinePublic": "Tornado warning with severe thunderstorm expected near campus around 3:30",
    "summary": "SUNY New Paltz [issued an NPALERT for a tornado warning affecting the New Paltz area with a severe thunderstorm expected around 3:30](https://www.getrave.com/rss/newpaltz/channel2).",
    "outcome": "Tornado warning issued; community told to stay alert for a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near New Paltz around 3:30."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2018-05-15T15:00:30-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "NPALERT: A Tornado Warning has been issued for this area. A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado will reach New Paltz at approx 3:30. Stay alert!",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/newpaltz/channel2",
      "sourceDescription": "NPALERT Rave RSS (newpaltz/channel2)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent Rave RSS fetch 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "pubDate 2018-05-15T19:00:30Z; EDT applied (May).",
        "Thread checked N/A (RSS single product).",
        "Distinct incident from 2024-03-13-suny-new-paltz-swatting-bomb-threat: 2018 tornado warning vs 2024 bomb-threat swatting product."
      ],
      "characterCount": 159
    }
  ],
  "context": "SUNY New Paltz issues NPALERT products via Rave; public feeds at [getrave.com/rss/newpaltz/channel2](https://www.getrave.com/rss/newpaltz/channel2).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Tornado-warning product naming approximate arrival time at New Paltz."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NPALERT Rave RSS tornado warning",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/newpaltz/channel2",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint returned 401 (login required) — named failure, not silent null"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "new-york",
    "suny-new-paltz",
    "tornado"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}