{
  "id": "2026-08-17-western-carolina-university-cullowhee-severe-thunderstorm-warning",
  "slug": "western-carolina-university-cullowhee-severe-thunderstorm-warning-2026-08-17",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Western Carolina University",
    "shortName": "WCU",
    "state": "NC",
    "type": "public-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "MiWCU Alert / WCU Alert",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-17",
    "type": "severe-weather",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Cullowhee thunderstorm warning extended until 745",
    "headlinePublic": "Cullowhee thunderstorm warning extended until 745",
    "summary": "Western Carolina [issued a WCU Alert Urgent product for a Cullowhee-campus severe thunderstorm warning](https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1) saying NWS had extended the warning until 7;45 pm.",
    "outcome": "Urgent Cullowhee SVR extension product issued. Semicolon in 7;45 preserved from the official feed."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-08-17T19:02:15-04:00",
      "channel": "sms",
      "verbatimText": "WCU Alert - Urgent: SEVERE WEATHER Cullowhee Campus. The National Weather Service has extended the Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 7;45 pm.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1",
      "sourceDescription": "WCU Alert Rave RSS (wcu/channel1)",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent Rave RSS fetch 2026-08-23. Feed sha256 9705c90c126e040eb5896105e4a655ad2b5389f922d12fe9a03e3b8ed1bc7e12 both reads. Body sha256 2cd90192735972d85b3cca7294a2190cc00758809661b2d61d7af9bcd4add6df.",
        "Semicolon in '7;45 pm' preserved from the official feed.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-07-28-western-carolina-university-cullowhee-severe-thunderstorm-warning: different NWS product day."
      ],
      "characterCount": 141
    }
  ],
  "context": "WCU posts WCU Alert products on [getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1](https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1). The live item at capture is the Aug 17 Cullowhee extension (the Jul 28 product is no longer in the feed).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Urgent Cullowhee SVR extension preserves a 7;45 semicolon typo in the until time."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "WCU Alert Rave RSS Cullowhee SVR Aug 17",
      "url": "https://www.getrave.com/rss/wcu/channel1",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-masters",
    "north-carolina",
    "wcu",
    "severe-weather"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}