Campus Alert Archive

Institution

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

UNCNCPublic R1Alert Carolina

Cases: 11
Alerts: 33
Verbatim: 42%
Span: 1995–2026

Official alert policy

How UNC says it will alert — when and how Alert Carolina activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.

Case log

Every documented incident

11 cases · 14 of 33 alert messages verbatim-confirmed

2026

tornado: 2026-03-16NWS Tornado Watch 66 Triggers UNC's Condition 1 All Day Monday; Severe Thunderstorm Warnings Follow That Eveningemergency notificationverbatim

2024

2023

active shooter: 2023-08-28One Minute From 911 to Siren, Three Hours to All-Clear: The Full Alert Carolina Lifecycleemergency notification1 killedverbatim

2020

2018

hurricane: 2018-09-10UNC Becomes a State 'Mega Shelter' as Alert Carolina Moves Chapel Hill to Condition 2 for Hurricane Florenceemergency notification

2006

assault: 2006-03-03SUV Plows Through the Pit With No Alert System to Send: The Incident That Built Alert Carolinaemergency notification9 injured

1996

fire: 1996-05-12Five Students Died on Mother's Day Because a Cigarette Hit a Trash Canemergency notification5 killed · 3 injured

1995

shooting: 1995-01-26A Law Student Walks Down Henderson Street: UNC's Pre-Alert-Carolina Shootingtimely warning2 killed · 2 injured

By incident type

What UNC has alerted about

Weather · 3 Active Shooter · 2 Public Health · 2 assault · 1 Civil Unrest · 1 Fire · 1 Property Crime · 1

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