{
  "id": "2026-08-06-unc-chapel-hill-severe-thunderstorm-warnings",
  "slug": "unc-chapel-hill-severe-thunderstorm-warnings-2026-08-06",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
    "shortName": "UNC",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Alert Carolina",
    "enrollment": 30000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-06",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Two successive severe thunderstorm warnings for the Chapel Hill area",
    "headlinePublic": "Two successive severe thunderstorm warnings for the Chapel Hill area",
    "summary": "Alert Carolina [posted two successive severe thunderstorm warnings](https://x.com/AlertCarolina/status/2085497105872007558) for the Chapel Hill area on the evening of August 6, 2026, also archived on the [official Alert Carolina portal](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/08/06/17860562300001396979967/).",
    "outcome": "Informational weather products issued for two successive NWS warnings."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-06T18:43:51-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "!Alert Carolina! \n Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 6:42PM EDT until August 6 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina/status/2085497105872007558",
      "sourceDescription": "@AlertCarolina SVR 6:42PM",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "Also on official portal https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/08/06/17860562300001396979967/"
      ],
      "characterCount": 123
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-06T19:36:22-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "!Alert Carolina! \n Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 7:35PM EDT until August 6 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina/status/2085510323369652398",
      "sourceDescription": "@AlertCarolina SVR 7:35PM",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match 2026-08-10. SPN 523.",
        "Thread and timeline checked 2026-08-10: second warning is the only further @AlertCarolina post for this evening weather sequence."
      ],
      "characterCount": 123
    }
  ],
  "context": "UNC issues Alert Carolina products on [@AlertCarolina](https://x.com/AlertCarolina) and [alertcarolina.unc.edu](https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/). Portal classifies these as Informational weather notifications; X text is the transmitted short form.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two successive NWS severe thunderstorm products pushed within one hour via Alert Carolina branding."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@AlertCarolina SVR 6:42PM Aug 6",
      "url": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina/status/2085497105872007558",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    },
    {
      "title": "@AlertCarolina SVR 7:35PM Aug 6",
      "url": "https://x.com/AlertCarolina/status/2085510323369652398",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    },
    {
      "title": "Alert Carolina portal SVR 6:42PM",
      "url": "https://alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/2026/08/06/17860562300001396979967/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-10",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture; archive.org save endpoint unavailable or throttled"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "north-carolina",
    "severe-weather",
    "alert-carolina"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-10",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-10",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}