{
  "id": "2026-08-11-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-hamilton-aug-11",
  "slug": "university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-hamilton-aug-11-2026-08-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Cincinnati",
    "shortName": "UC",
    "state": "OH",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CincyAlert / @UCPublicSafety",
    "enrollment": 46000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-11",
    "type": "tornado",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Take shelter during a Hamilton County tornado warning",
    "headlinePublic": "Take shelter during a Hamilton County tornado warning",
    "summary": "UC Public Safety [issued a Hamilton County tornado warning with take-shelter instruction](https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087254754422637033) and posted NWS valid-window refreshes through 4:00 p.m. EDT.",
    "outcome": "Take-shelter product for a 3:06-3:30 p.m. EDT Hamilton County tornado warning. No all-clear on @UCPublicSafety."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:08:07-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:06PM EDT until August 11 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087254754422637033",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado take-shelter",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch (fxtwitter + x_thread_fetch/package second-blind) 2026-09-21. sha256 5bf02b92e11d8f78c95b796b644353eb9e6726ed508a21c6e47393b754f91023 chars=181.",
        "Preserve newline+space after Take Shelter.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-11-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-clermont-aug-11: same calendar day, different county (Hamilton vs Clermont) and valid window (3:06-3:30 p.m. vs 3:31-4:00 p.m.).",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-07-21-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-clermont-jul-21 and 2026-06-18-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-hamilton-jun-18: different dates.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-08-01-university-of-cincinnati-downtown-storms-all-clear: different date and downtown storms all-clear vs Hamilton tornado take-shelter.",
        "Timeline +/-48h walked 2026-09-21: 8 sequenced @UCPublicSafety take-shelter products for this county window are in this file. No all-clear."
      ],
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    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:14:13-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:13PM EDT until August 11 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087256288426385798",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
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    {
      "sequence": 3,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:18:32-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:17PM EDT until August 11 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087257374159740947",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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    {
      "sequence": 4,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:23:54-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:22PM EDT until August 11 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087258727347085803",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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        "Preserve newline+space after Take Shelter."
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    {
      "sequence": 5,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:33:42-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:31PM EDT until August 11 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087261194667331623",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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    {
      "sequence": 6,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:37:45-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:33PM EDT until August 11 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087262214151630976",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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        "Preserve newline+space after Take Shelter."
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    {
      "sequence": 7,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:45:29-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:41PM EDT until August 11 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087264156831662564",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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      "characterCount": 181
    },
    {
      "sequence": 8,
      "type": "update",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-11T15:50:02-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Emergency UC Alert: Tornado Warning Hamilton County - Take Shelter\n Tornado Warning Tornado Warning issued August 11 at 3:49PM EDT until August 11 at 4:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087265304485437749",
      "sourceDescription": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "annotations": [
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      "characterCount": 181
    }
  ],
  "context": "University of Cincinnati posts emergency products on [@UCPublicSafety](https://x.com/UCPublicSafety). Official post: the [Hamilton County take-shelter warning](https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087254754422637033). Same-afternoon Clermont County product is filed separately as 2026-08-11-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-clermont-aug-11. Distinct from 2026-07-21-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-clermont-jul-21, 2026-06-18-university-of-cincinnati-tornado-warning-hamilton-jun-18, and 2026-08-01-university-of-cincinnati-downtown-storms-all-clear.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official Emergency UC Alert names a Hamilton County tornado warning and instructs Take Shelter, with the NWS Wilmington valid window in the body."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado take-shelter",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087254754422637033",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087256288426385798",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087257374159740947",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087258727347085803",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087261194667331623",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087262214151630976",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087264156831662564",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
    },
    {
      "title": "@UCPublicSafety Hamilton County tornado NWS refresh",
      "url": "https://x.com/UCPublicSafety/status/2087265304485437749",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-21",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap at 07:36Z"
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  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "ohio",
    "cincinnati",
    "tornado",
    "take-shelter"
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  "dateAdded": "2026-09-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}