Institution
Eastern Kentucky University
EKUKYPublic MastersEKU Alert / @EKUEmergency~14,000 students
- Cases
- 20
- Alerts
- 41
- Verbatim
- 100%
- Span
- 2023–2026
Official alert policy
How EKU says it will alert: when and how EKU Alerts activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
20 cases · 41 of 41 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- severe weather: 2026-09-05Madison County severe thunderstorm warning then expiredemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-08-17Madison County thunderstorm warning then expired after duskemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-08-11Madison County evening thunderstorm warning then expiredemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-07-27Madison County severe thunderstorm warning late evening hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-07-21Madison County severe thunderstorm warning late afternoon hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2026-06-24Escaped custody suspect reported near Richmond Campusemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-05-20Madison County severe thunderstorm warning midday hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-04-28Madison County severe thunderstorm warning overnight hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-04-02Extreme traffic congestion on Eastern Bypass and Lancaster Avenueemergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2026-01-26Winter storm notice - kentucky plan virtualemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- other: 2025-12-12Operations move virtual because of the weatheradvisoryverbatim
- power outage: 2025-10-02Electrical outage on the north side of campusemergency notificationverbatim
- water contamination: 2025-07-27Boil water advisory for McGregor Hall and Weaveremergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2025-02-19Weather Plan A sets virtual operations for the dayadvisoryverbatim
2024
- severe weather: 2024-09-24Madison County severe thunderstorm warning midafternoon hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- gas leak: 2024-09-23Natural gas leak near Burnam Hall on Richmond Campusemergency notificationverbatim
- water contamination: 2024-09-14Precautionary boil-water advisory during water-line work; lifted the next dayadvisoryverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-17Madison County severe thunderstorm warning late-day hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-01Madison County severe thunderstorm warning evening hours Augustemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type