Institution
University of Florida
UFFLPublic R1UF Alert~60,000 students
- Cases
- 13
- Alerts
- 34
- Verbatim
- 50%
- Span
- 1990–2025
Official alert policy
How UF says it will alert — when and how UF Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
13 cases · 17 of 34 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2025
- hurricane: 2025-09-29UF Stands Down for Imelda: 'No Operational Changes' as the National Hurricane Center Discontinues the Tropical Storm Watch for Florida's East Coastadvisoryverbatim
- winter storm: 2025-01-21'Out of an Abundance of Caution': A Florida Flagship Closes for Ice as Winter Storm Enzo Hits Gainesvilleemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- shooting: 2024-12-05A Bullet Through the Shutters: UF Alert for Sorority Row Shooting That Had Already Happened 10 Hours Earlieremergency notificationverbatim
- hurricane: 2024-10-09Milton Bears Down on Gainesville: UF Shuts Down for Two Days as Category 3 Hurricane Crosses Floridaemergency notificationverbatim
- hurricane: 2024-09-25Midnight Thursday Through Saturday: UF Extends Closure As Helene Becomes A Cat 4 Big Bend Strikeemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2024-09-22Suspects Sprint Toward Murphree: UF Alerts Campus After Off-Campus Shooting Sends Armed Suspects Fleeing onto University Groundsemergency notification1 injuredverbatim
- severe storm: 2024-09-14Forty-Seven Minutes Under the Concourse: Lightning Halts Florida-Texas A&M in The Swampemergency notification
- hurricane: 2024-08-05Debby's Direct Hit: Gainesville Campus Closes as Tropical Storm Brings Tornado Watches and Flash Flood Warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2024-04-01Cable Locks Cut, Soft Tops Slashed: A Multi-Crime Timely Warning Captures the Vulnerability of Campus Micro-Mobilitytimely warningverbatim
- suspicious package: 2024-02-07Oddly Taped Cylindrical Tube Prompts Peabody Hall Evacuation and Bomb Squad Responseemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type