Tornado warning shelter alert canceled within 15 minutes as storms downed trees

To check this alert, Claude (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

• Sourcepresent16/25

  Final assessment

  Majority present: the message names university officials or local authorities as the issuing authority for the all clear. A sizable minority dissented, noting no branded sender tag opens the message.

  Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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  1. absent: No sender or authority identified in the text, only a reference to university officials in the all clear instruction.
  2. absent: No branded tag or agency names itself; it only references officials in the guidance, not as sender.
  3. present: References university officials and local authorities as the issuing authority.
  4. present: It references university officials or local authorities as the issuing authority for the all clear.
  5. absent: No branded sender or agency identifies who is sending; it only references university officials in the all clear instruction.
  6. absent: No sender tag or agency is named in the text itself, only a reference to officials for the all clear.
  7. present: References university officials or local authorities as issuing all clear, identifying authority.
  8. absent: No branded sender or issuing authority is named, though it mentions university officials in the wait instruction.
  9. present: It refers to university officials or local authorities as the all-clear issuers, identifying authority.
  10. present: It refers to university officials or local authorities as issuing the all clear, naming an authority.
  11. absent: No branded tag or issuing authority names itself; it only references officials in the all clear instruction generically.
  12. present: References university officials and local authorities as the issuing authority.
  13. present: References university officials and local authorities as the issuing authorities for the all clear.
  14. present: It references university officials and local authorities as the issuing authority.
  15. present: References university officials or local authorities as the issuing authority.
  16. present: References "university officials or local authorities" as the all clear source.
  17. present: It cites university officials or local authorities as the source for the all clear.
  18. present: It refers to university officials or local authorities as the issuing/all-clear authority.
  19. absent: No sender tag or agency identifies who issued this; it only references officials abstractly.
  20. present: It references university officials and local authorities as issuing authorities.
  21. absent: No sender tag or agency is named at the start of the message itself.
  22. present: It refers to university officials and local authorities as issuing all clear, naming authority.
  23. present: It refers to university officials or local authorities as the issuing authority.
  24. present: It refers to university officials or local authorities as the issuing authority for the all clear.
  25. absent: No sender tag or agency named; refers to university officials only in passing for the all clear.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree present: it names a specific hazard, a tornado warning.

  What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

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  1. present: Names the hazard, a Tornado warning.
  2. present: It names a specific hazard: a tornado warning.
  3. present: Names Tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  4. present: It names a specific threat: a tornado warning.
  5. present: It names a tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  6. present: Names the specific hazard, a tornado warning.
  7. present: Names tornado warning, a specific weather hazard.
  8. present: Names the specific hazard: a Tornado warning.
  9. present: It names a tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  10. present: It names a specific threat, a tornado warning.
  11. present: It names a specific hazard: a tornado warning.
  12. present: Names a specific hazard: tornado warning.
  13. present: Names a specific threat: a tornado warning.
  14. present: It names a specific hazard: Tornado warning.
  15. present: Names the specific hazard, a tornado warning.
  16. present: Names "Tornado warning," a specific hazard.
  17. present: It names a specific hazard: a tornado warning.
  18. present: It names a Tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  19. present: It names a tornado warning, a specific weather hazard.
  20. present: It names tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  21. present: It names a tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  22. present: It names Tornado warning, a specific hazard.
  23. present: It names a specific threat: a tornado warning.
  24. present: It names a specific hazard, Tornado warning.
  25. present: Names a specific threat: tornado warning.
• Locationabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree absent: no building, area, or campus location is named, only a generic instruction to shelter in a permanent building.

  Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

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  1. absent: No place is named; building is generic with no location reference.
  2. absent: It gives no place, building, or area, only that shelter should be in a permanent building.
  3. absent: No building, area, or campus location is stated.
  4. absent: No building, area, or campus location is named, only a generic instruction to take shelter.
  5. absent: It gives no place, building, area, or campus reference.
  6. absent: No place, building, or campus area is stated, only a generic shelter instruction.
  7. absent: No place, building, or campus reference is given.
  8. absent: No place is named; it states no campus, building, or area location.
  9. absent: No building, place, or campus location is named, only the hazard itself.
  10. absent: No building, place, or campus location is given, only a generic warning.
  11. absent: No building, street, or campus place is named; it gives only a generic shelter instruction.
  12. absent: No building, area, or campus location is stated, only a generic shelter instruction.
  13. absent: No building, area, or campus location is stated, only to be in a permanent building generically.
  14. absent: No building, street, area, or campus location is named.
  15. absent: No building, place, or campus location is given for the tornado warning.
  16. absent: No building, place, or campus location is named in the text.
  17. absent: No building, place, campus, or area is named in the text.
  18. absent: No place is named: no building, area, or campus reference appears.
  19. absent: No building, street, or area is named; no location is given.
  20. absent: No building, place, area, or campus location is stated for the warning.
  21. absent: It says take shelter in permanent building but names no specific place or campus.
  22. absent: No place is named; it does not say where the tornado or shelter is.
  23. absent: No building, place, or campus location is named in the text.
  24. absent: No place is named, no building, area, or campus reference appears.
  25. absent: No place named; says permanent building generically but no campus or location reference.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree present: it instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.

  The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

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  1. present: Tells recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  2. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  3. present: Instructs Take shelter and Stay away from windows and doors.
  4. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  5. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  6. present: Instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  7. present: Instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  8. present: Tells recipients to Take shelter immediately and Stay away from windows and doors.
  9. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows.
  10. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  11. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  12. present: Tells recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  13. present: Instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  14. present: It instructs recipients to Take shelter and Stay away from windows and doors.
  15. present: Tells recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  16. present: Instructs "Take shelter immediately" and "Stay away from windows," protective actions.
  17. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  18. present: It instructs Take shelter immediately and Stay away from windows and doors.
  19. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows.
  20. present: It instructs take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
  21. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows and doors.
  22. present: It instructs Take shelter immediately and Stay away from windows, protective actions.
  23. present: It instructs recipients to take shelter and stay away from windows.
  24. present: It instructs recipients to Take shelter and Stay away from windows and doors.
  25. present: Instructs take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors.
• Timepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  All reads agree present: it gives a clock time, the warning until 2:15pm, and says immediately.

  When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

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  1. present: Includes immediately and until 2:15pm, clear time references.
  2. present: It cites a clock time, until 2:15pm, and says immediately.
  3. present: Says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  4. present: It says warning until 2:15pm and take shelter immediately, giving clock time and recency.
  5. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  6. present: States until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time references.
  7. present: Says until 2:15pm and immediately, conveying clock time and recency.
  8. present: Includes Tornado warning until 2:15pm and Take shelter immediately.
  9. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time and recency cues.
  10. present: It says warning until 2:15pm and take shelter immediately, giving clock time and recency.
  11. present: It gives a clock time, warning until 2:15pm, and says immediately.
  12. present: Says tornado warning until 2:15pm and take shelter immediately, conveying time.
  13. present: States a clock time, until 2:15pm, and says immediately.
  14. present: It gives a clock time until 2:15pm and says immediately.
  15. present: Says warning until 2:15pm and take shelter immediately, giving clock time and recency.
  16. present: Says "until 2:15pm" and "immediately," clock and recency cues.
  17. present: It says until 2:15pm and take shelter immediately, giving clock time and recency.
  18. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, conveying clock time and recency.
  19. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  20. present: It states until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  21. present: It gives until 2:15pm and immediately, both time cues.
  22. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  23. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
  24. present: It says until 2:15pm and immediately, conveying clock time and recency.
  25. present: Says until 2:15pm and immediately, clear time cues.
• Impactpresent23/25

  Final assessment

  Present by a strong 23 to 2 majority. The alert states a tornado warning, to take shelter immediately, and to stay away from windows and doors, conveying the danger the tornado poses to people.

  What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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  1. present: It issues a tornado warning and says stay away from windows and doors, conveying the imminent destructive hazard of a tornado.
  2. present: This tornado warning directs immediate shelter away from windows and doors and says this is not a test, conveying the destructive danger of the hazard.
  3. present: A tornado warning with shelter immediately and stay away from windows conveys a destructive and dangerous hazard.
  4. present: It declares a tornado warning, orders immediate shelter away from windows, and says this is not a test, conveying a destructive weather danger.
  5. present: Tornado warning with take shelter and stay away from windows implies destructive danger to people.
  6. present: A tornado warning with orders to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors implies a destructive life-threatening hazard.
  7. present: A tornado warning telling people to shelter and stay away from windows and doors strongly implies the destructive life-threatening danger of a tornado.
  8. present: Tornado warning with take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors implies serious danger from the tornado.
  9. present: Tornado warning with take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors implies a destructive, dangerous storm.
  10. present: A tornado warning with shelter and stay-away-from-windows instructions conveys a clear danger to people.
  11. absent: Tornado warning with shelter and stay away from windows guidance but states no explicit harm or consequence.
  12. present: A tornado warning urging immediate shelter and staying away from windows conveys the hazard's destructive, dangerous potential.
  13. present: A tornado warning with take shelter immediately and stay away from windows conveys a dangerous, life-threatening weather hazard.
  14. present: Issues a tornado warning urging immediate shelter away from windows and says this is not a test, conveying an imminent dangerous weather hazard.
  15. present: Issues a tornado warning urging immediate shelter away from windows and doors, conveying the storm's potential to cause harm.
  16. present: A tornado warning to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows strongly implies imminent danger to people.
  17. present: A tornado warning to take shelter immediately and stay away from windows and doors implies the storm's destructive potential.
  18. absent: Tornado warning with shelter and stay-away-from-windows guidance but no explicit statement of harm or severity.
  19. present: Tornado warning take shelter immediately stay away from windows implies the destructive danger of a tornado.
  20. present: A tornado warning with shelter and stay-away-from-windows directives and not a test conveys the dangerous destructive threat of a tornado.
  21. present: Tornado warning with take shelter immediately and stay away from windows conveys a clearly implied dangerous and damaging threat.
  22. present: Issues a tornado warning urging immediate shelter away from windows and stating this is not a test, conveying imminent danger.
  23. present: Tornado warning with shelter and stay-away-from-windows directions conveys a clear danger to people.
  24. present: Tornado warning directs sheltering away from windows and doors, conveying the tornado's danger to people.
  25. present: A tornado warning with directives to shelter and stay away from windows conveys a dangerous life-threatening hazard.