Institution
Wake Forest University
WFUNCPrivate R2Wake Alert~9,000 students
- Cases
- 17
- Alerts
- 39
- Verbatim
- 100%
- Span
- 2018–2026
Official alert policy
How WFU says it will alert: when and how Wake Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
17 cases · 39 of 39 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- shooting: 2026-10-06Police clear a coliseum parking-lot shooting with no ongoing threatemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-09-05Severe thunderstorm warning until 2:45PMemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2026-08-23Residence-hall sexual assault report with no charges pursuedtimely warningverbatim
- weather: 2026-08-22Seek shelter for a Forsyth thunderstorm warningemergency notificationverbatim
- hazardous materials: 2026-08-10Nitrogen leak at Olin, avoid main lobby and nearby areasemergency notificationverbatim
- utility failure: 2026-07-29Downtown campus closed for a county water main break, then reopened next dayadvisoryverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-18Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Wake Alert — WXIIadvisoryverbatim
- weather: 2026-06-22Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Wake Alert —advisoryverbatim
- swatting: 2026-05-05Swatting call during finals week confirmed false within about 24 minutesemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-05-01Wake Alert Emergency Update: Swatting Incident - Wake Alertadvisoryverbatim
- tornado: 2026-03-16Tornado warning sent campus to lowest building levels; no damage reportedemergency notificationverbatim
2021
By incident type