Tornado warning, April 26, 2024

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.

• Sourcepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that the branded 'UNL Alert' signature plus the cited National Weather Service clearly identify the source.

  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. present: Signed "UNL Alert," attributing the warning to the "National Weather Service."
  2. present: 'UNL Alert' and the National Weather Service are named as the sources.
  3. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' identify sender
  4. present: branded signature 'UNL Alert' plus National Weather Service cited as issuer
  5. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' and cites National Weather Service.
  6. present: 'UNL Alert' branded, 'National Weather Service' named
  7. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' cited
  8. present: Branded signature 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' identify the sender.
  9. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' signature and 'National Weather Service' named.
  10. present: 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' named.
  11. present: 'UNL Alert' and National Weather Service identified as sources.
  12. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' signature and named issuer 'National Weather Service.'
  13. present: 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' identified as issuers.
  14. present: 'UNL Alert' identifies branded system, and NWS credited as issuer.
  15. present: 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' identified as issuers.
  16. present: 'UNL Alert' is the branded alert signature, National Weather Service cited.
  17. present: 'UNL Alert' and National Weather Service named.
  18. present: 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' named
  19. present: 'UNL Alert' and 'National Weather Service' named
  20. present: Branded 'UNL Alert' and National Weather Service identified as source.
  21. present: 'UNL Alert' is branded signature naming National Weather Service
  22. present: 'UNL Alert' branded signature, 'National Weather Service' named
  23. present: 'UNL Alert' and National Weather Service named.
  24. present: 'UNL Alert' branded signature, citing National Weather Service.
  25. present: Begins with the branded 'UNL Alert' signature, citing the National Weather Service.
• Hazardpresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that 'Tornado Warning' explicitly names the specific hazard.

  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: States "Tornado Warning" as the specific hazard.
  2. present: Names 'Tornado Warning' as the specific hazard.
  3. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard
  4. present: names Tornado Warning specifically
  5. present: Names Tornado Warning.
  6. present: 'Tornado Warning'
  7. present: 'Tornado Warning'
  8. present: Names a 'Tornado Warning'.
  9. present: Names 'Tornado Warning'.
  10. present: 'Tornado Warning' names hazard.
  11. present: Names Tornado Warning specifically.
  12. present: Names a 'Tornado Warning' as the hazard.
  13. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard specifically.
  14. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the specific hazard.
  15. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard.
  16. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard.
  17. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard.
  18. present: 'Tornado Warning' named
  19. present: 'Tornado Warning'
  20. present: States 'Tornado Warning'.
  21. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the hazard
  22. present: 'Tornado Warning'
  23. present: 'Tornado Warning' named.
  24. present: 'Tornado Warning' names the specific hazard.
  25. present: Names a 'Tornado Warning'.
• Locationabsent2/25

  Final assessment

  An overwhelming majority found no specific campus building or place named, just generic references to 'the building' and 'Local Area'; two reads counted the generic phrasing as location, but the majority is decisive.

  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 specific campus, building, or address is named, only "the building" generically.
  2. absent: No specific building or campus area is named.
  3. absent: No specific location given beyond 'the building'
  4. present: 'inside, lowest area of the building' implies location guidance though no campus-specific place
  5. absent: No specific building or area named beyond generic 'building'.
  6. absent: No specific location beyond generic building instructions
  7. absent: No specific location named beyond generic 'the building'
  8. absent: Only 'Local Area Emergency' is given, no specific building or place.
  9. absent: No specific building or campus area named, only 'the building'.
  10. absent: No specific location, just 'inside, lowest area of the building'.
  11. absent: No specific location beyond generic 'building'.
  12. absent: Only says 'Local Area Emergency,' no specific campus building or place.
  13. absent: No specific campus area named, only generic 'the building'.
  14. absent: No specific location given beyond generic 'building'.
  15. absent: No specific location, only 'Local Area'.
  16. absent: No specific location given, only generic 'the building'.
  17. absent: No specific location beyond 'Local Area'.
  18. present: 'inside, lowest area of the building' implies local area
  19. absent: no specific campus location named
  20. absent: No specific building or place named.
  21. absent: No specific location given beyond generic 'building'
  22. absent: no specific location named, generic 'inside, lowest area of the building'
  23. absent: No specific location beyond generic 'building'.
  24. absent: No specific building or area named, just generic instruction.
  25. absent: No specific place named, only generic 'the building'.
• Guidancepresent25/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that the message gives explicit protective instruction to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows.

  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: Instructs to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows.
  2. present: Instructs to move to 'an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'.
  3. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows' is instruction
  4. present: instructs to move to inside lowest area away from windows and stay until warning expires
  5. present: Instructs to move to lowest inside area away from windows.
  6. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'
  7. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'
  8. present: Instructs to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows and stay until the warning expires.
  9. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows.'
  10. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area... away from windows.'
  11. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area...away from windows' instructs recipients.
  12. present: Instructs to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows.
  13. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area...away from windows' is direct instruction.
  14. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows' is direct instruction.
  15. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area...away from windows' instructs action.
  16. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows.'
  17. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows.'
  18. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area...away from windows'
  19. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'
  20. present: Instructs to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows.
  21. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'
  22. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows'
  23. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows.'
  24. present: 'Move to an inside, lowest area of the building away from windows' is explicit protective action.
  25. present: Instructs to move to an inside, lowest area away from windows.
• Timepresent20/25

  Final assessment

  A strong majority credits 'stay until warning expires' as conveying duration and current timing, despite several dissenting reads calling it too vague for a specific clock time or date.

  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: Instructs to "Stay until warning expires," conveying duration.
  2. absent: No clock time or date is given.
  3. present: 'Stay until warming expires' implies duration
  4. present: 'until warning expires' conveys ongoing/current timing
  5. absent: No specific clock time or date given, only 'until warning expires'.
  6. present: 'Stay until warming expires' implies duration/until
  7. present: 'Stay until warming expires' implies ongoing duration
  8. present: 'Stay until warning expires' implies the ongoing, current nature of the alert.
  9. present: 'Stay until warning expires' gives time reference.
  10. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration.
  11. absent: No specific clock time given.
  12. present: Instructs to 'Stay until warning expires,' a time-bound duration.
  13. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration/timing.
  14. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration/recency.
  15. absent: No specific time given, only 'until warming expires'.
  16. present: 'Stay until warming expires' implies duration/recency.
  17. present: 'Stay until warning expires'.
  18. present: 'Stay until warming expires' implies duration/time
  19. absent: 'Stay until warming expires' vague, no clock time or date
  20. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration/timing.
  21. present: 'Stay until warning expires' gives temporal instruction
  22. present: 'Stay until warning expires'
  23. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration/recency.
  24. present: 'Stay until warning expires' conveys duration/recency.
  25. present: States to stay 'until warning expires'.
• Impactabsent0/25

  Final assessment

  Unanimous agreement that no consequence or potential harm from the tornado is stated beyond naming the warning.

  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. absent: No statement of what the tornado could do.
  2. absent: No statement of tornado severity or potential harm.
  3. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado
  4. absent: no explicit statement of potential harm from the tornado
  5. absent: No stated consequence beyond the tornado naming.
  6. absent: No stated consequence/severity beyond naming tornado warning
  7. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado
  8. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado is conveyed.
  9. absent: No stated potential harm from the tornado.
  10. absent: No stated consequence of tornado.
  11. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado.
  12. absent: No statement of what the tornado could do.
  13. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado.
  14. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado.
  15. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond naming the warning.
  16. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado.
  17. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the tornado warning.
  18. absent: No stated consequence of the tornado
  19. absent: no stated consequence beyond naming the warning
  20. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the tornado warning.
  21. absent: No stated consequence or danger described beyond the tornado name
  22. absent: no stated potential harm from the tornado
  23. absent: No stated consequence beyond naming the warning.
  24. absent: No stated consequence or severity beyond naming the tornado warning.
  25. absent: No stated consequence or severity of the tornado.