{
  "id": "2026-08-22-wake-forest-university-forsyth-severe-thunderstorm-warning",
  "slug": "wake-forest-university-forsyth-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-08-22",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Wake Forest University",
    "shortName": "Wake Forest",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "private-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Wake Alert",
    "enrollment": 9000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-22",
    "type": "weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Seek shelter for a Forsyth thunderstorm warning",
    "headlinePublic": "Seek shelter for a Forsyth thunderstorm warning",
    "summary": "Wake Forest [Wake Alert Emergency relayed an NWS severe thunderstorm warning for Winston-Salem / Forsyth County until 11PM and told people to seek shelter in a building or hard top vehicle](https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2091350957086961894).",
    "outcome": "Seek-shelter product issued for the until-11PM warning window. No further @WakeAlert post for this incident."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-22T22:24:58-04:00",
      "channel": "twitter-x",
      "verbatimText": "Wake Alert Emergency: The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Winston-Salem / Forsyth County area until 11PM. Seek shelter in a building or hard top vehicle. Monitor local weather reports. Updates at http://wakealert.wfu.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2091350957086961894",
      "sourceDescription": "@WakeAlert Forsyth severe thunderstorm warning",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent X fetch match (keyword + thread_fetch) 2026-08-23. sha256 001ead9ca22ffebfa8a55f47d0a68c41904053edc38a904ebcd32bcbb93af355.",
        "Thread checked 2026-08-23: no further posts from @WakeAlert for this incident.",
        "Official archive page https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/severe-thunderstorm-warning-16.html (timestamp August 22, 2026 10:25 p.m.) carries the same product with Updates at wakealert.wfu.edu (no http://). Dual independent HTML fetch 75827-byte match. X text is the transmitted short form confirmed here.",
        "Live Rave wfu/channel1 on 2026-08-23 still held the August 11 Olin final-notice item, not this product.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-06-22-wake-forest-university-severe-thunderstorm-warning-wake-alert-v2: different date."
      ],
      "characterCount": 262
    }
  ],
  "context": "Wake Forest posts Wake Alert products on [@WakeAlert](https://x.com/WakeAlert) and at [wakealert.wfu.edu](https://wakealert.wfu.edu/). This product carries a campus-directed seek-shelter instruction, so it is filed as an emergency notification rather than a routine NWS relay. Distinct from the August 23 residence-hall sexual-assault timely warning on the same archive index.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Single-alert Wake Alert Emergency: Forsyth SVR until 11PM with seek-shelter in a building or hard top vehicle.",
    "X short form includes http:// on the updates URL; the archive page omits the scheme."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "@WakeAlert Forsyth severe thunderstorm warning",
      "url": "https://x.com/WakeAlert/status/2091350957086961894",
      "type": "official-social",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    },
    {
      "title": "Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Wake Alert archive)",
      "url": "https://wakealert.wfu.edu/2026/08/severe-thunderstorm-warning-16.html",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523. Dual HTML fetch 75827 bytes, sha256 d29ff85dd00d239069f0a01e1de0c639db59d5fb3aadacfaa4a7319a15346038."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r2",
    "north-carolina",
    "weather",
    "wake-alert",
    "fresh-week"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}