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  "id": "2026-03-03-umass-lowell-weather-early-close",
  "slug": "umass-lowell-weather-early-close-2026-03-03",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Massachusetts Lowell",
    "shortName": "UMass Lowell",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "UML Alert / @UMLAlerts / @UMLEmergPrep",
    "enrollment": 18000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-03",
    "endDate": "2026-03-04",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Evening close with overnight parking ban until morning",
    "headlinePublic": "Evening close with overnight parking ban until morning",
    "summary": "UMass Lowell [closed at 6 p.m. Tuesday 3/3](https://x.com/UMLEmergPrep/status/2028903727042630127) with a parallel [@UMassLowell copy](https://x.com/UMassLowell/status/2028903853781889413).",
    "outcome": "Tuesday 6 p.m. close; parking ban through 7 a.m. Wednesday. Distinct from the Thursday 3/5 early-close and Friday noon-delay pair."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-03T13:41:58-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UML Alert: UMass Lowell to close at 6 p.m. on 3/3/26 due to weather. GPS online classes will continue as scheduled. Transportation to close at 7 p.m. A campus parking ban will run from 6 p.m. 3/3/26 to 7 a.m. 3/4/26. Essential personnel report as directed. See www.uml.ed/storm.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UMLEmergPrep/status/2028903727042630127",
      "sourceDescription": "@UMLEmergPrep Tuesday 6 p.m. weather close",
      "annotations": [
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        "Official transmitted typo www.uml.ed/storm (missing u) preserved.",
        "Timeline +/-48h walked 2026-09-14: sequence 2 is the parallel @UMassLowell copy ~30 seconds later. Distinct from 2026-03-05-umass-lowell-weather-early-close-and-noon-delay."
      ],
      "characterCount": 278
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-03-03T13:42:28-05:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "UML Alert: UMass Lowell to close at 6 p.m., Tuesday  3/3 due to weather. GPS online classes continue as scheduled. Campus parking ban starts at 6 p.m. and transportation closes at 7 p.m.  See https://t.co/2xXFzQs1Yr for information.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UMassLowell/status/2028903853781889413",
      "sourceDescription": "@UMassLowell Tuesday 6 p.m. weather close",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (oembed convert_charrefs True + fxtwitter) 2026-09-14. sha256 d1d808584bd4666bdbe6648f7e77e51262bb09ec012d05a354ef18a2737fc64a.",
        "Official two ASCII spaces in Tuesday  3/3; two ASCII spaces before See; NBSP between the t.co URL and for."
      ],
      "characterCount": 232
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UML Alert copies posted about 30 seconds apart on [@UMLEmergPrep](https://x.com/UMLEmergPrep/status/2028903727042630127) and [@UMassLowell](https://x.com/UMassLowell/status/2028903853781889413).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Tuesday 6 p.m. weather close with GPS online continuing; @UMLEmergPrep carries the transmitted typo www.uml.ed/storm."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UMLEmergPrep Tuesday 6 p.m. weather close",
      "url": "https://x.com/UMLEmergPrep/status/2028903727042630127",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UMassLowell Tuesday 6 p.m. weather close",
      "url": "https://x.com/UMassLowell/status/2028903853781889413",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-14",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "massachusetts",
    "weather",
    "umass-lowell"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-14",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}