Institution
Oklahoma State University
OSUOKPublic R1Cowboy Alert~26,000 students
- Cases
- 14
- Alerts
- 31
- Verbatim
- 87%
- Span
- 2024–2026
Official alert policy
How OSU says it will alert: when and how Cowboy Alert activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
14 cases · 27 of 31 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- other: 2026-09-13Reports of someone posing as an officer demanding moneyemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2026-06-26Stillwater tornado warning then damaging wind and flash-flood updatesemergency notificationverbatim
- nearby threat: 2026-05-01Nearby incident Rave notice then all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2026-01-24Stillwater, Tulsa, and online operations closed then delayed openemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- power outage: 2025-11-06Partial campus power outage then full restoreemergency notificationverbatim
- shooting: 2025-10-19Gunfire outside a residence hall after a homecoming after-party wounds threeemergency notification3 injuredverbatim
- tornado: 2025-06-03NWS tornado warning for northwestern Payne County north of Stillwateremergency notificationverbatim
- wildfire: 2025-03-14Wildfires burned 26,000 acres nearby; campus opened an emergency shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2025-02-18Stillwater and Tulsa closed Tuesday through Thursday for winter weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- flood: 2025-02-16Student Union closed after water-pipe floodemergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2025-02-12Wednesday Stillwater and Tulsa weather close with classes canceledemergency notificationverbatim
- winter storm: 2025-01-09Thursday 2 p.m. close then Friday Stillwater-Tulsa closeemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type