Institution
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
UNCNCPublic R1Alert Carolina~30,000 students
- Cases
- 198
- Alerts
- 339
- Verbatim
- 99%
- Span
- 2016–2026
Official alert policy
How UNC says it will alert: when and how Alert Carolina activates, summarized, quoted, and analyzed.
Case log
Every documented incident
198 cases · 337 of 339 alert messages verbatim-confirmed
2026
- shooting: 2026-10-02Off-campus gunfire on West Franklin Street, suspect detainedtimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-08-16Afternoon severe thunderstorm warning for Chapel Hill areaemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-08-08Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Chapel Hill evening hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-08-06Two successive severe thunderstorm warnings for the Chapel Hill areaemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado: 2026-07-28Tornado warning go inside avoid windowsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-07-28Multi-wave evening severe thunderstorm warnings then all-clearemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-07-28Emergency tornado warning instructs go inside avoid windowsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-07-20Severe thunderstorm warning for Orange and Durham countiesemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-18Community safety notice 6 for reported incident — State Parkemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-10Weather-related operations update for campuses (warning )emergency notificationverbatim
- bomb threat: 2026-07-09Bomb threat empties a football stadium; police clear the scene after several hoursemergency notificationverbatim
- threat: 2026-07-09Safety threat investigation at the football stadiumemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-07-07Weather-Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued at 6:44PM EDT until at 7:45PMemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2026-07-03Extreme heat warning with campus hydration and outdoor-activity guidanceadvisoryverbatim
- test: 2026-06-24test campus emergency notice — systememergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-06-23Informational-Alert Carolina System Test Postponed toemergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-06-22SVRRAH The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a * Severe Thunderstormemergency notificationverbatim
- active threat: 2026-06-19Students, Faculty and Staff: The University will TEST the Alert Carolina Emergencytimely warningverbatim
- tornado: 2026-03-16Tornado watch prompted all-day 'Condition 1' status with evening storm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2026-03-16Campus Condition 1 operational change for adverse conditionsemergency notificationverbatim
- test: 2026-02-17test campus emergency noticeemergency notificationverbatim
- active threat: 2026-02-13Students, Faculty, and Staff: The University will TEST the Alert Carolina Emergencytimely warningverbatim
- weather: 2026-02-01Adverse Conditions: Critical - University extending Condition 2 to 11:59 p.m. on Monday,emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-01-30Adverse Conditions: Critical - University moving to Condition 2 at 12 a.m. on Saturday,emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-01-27Adverse Conditions: Critical - University moving to Condition 1 at 12 a.m. on Wednesday,emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-01-25Adverse Conditions: Critical - University extending Condition 2 to 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday,emergency notificationverbatim
- weather: 2026-01-23Adverse Conditions: Critical - The University will move to Condition 2 at 12 p.m. onemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2026-01-23Winter weather Condition 2 closes/reduces campus operationsemergency notificationverbatim
2025
- winter weather: 2025-12-08Winter weather Condition 1 overnight into next morningemergency notificationverbatim
- infrastructure: 2025-10-27Water main break on campus road; facilities and utility responseemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2025-10-21Multiple e-scooter and bike thefts; lock and report guidancetimely warningverbatim
- test: 2025-09-08Test case - north chapel hill sirens 2emergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2025-09-03E-scooter and bike theft series; campus crime-prevention noticetimely warningverbatim
- public health: 2025-07-25Extreme heat warning with campus heat-safety guidance — heat warningemergency notificationverbatim
- test: 2025-07-16Test case - hill emergency this required thiemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2025-07-16Vehicle break-ins at SECU Family House and Friday Center lottimely warningverbatim
- test: 2025-07-14Test case - north chapel hill sirensemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-06-28Late-June afternoon severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- public health: 2025-06-23Extreme heat warning with campus heat-safety guidanceemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-06-19Mid-June multi-wave evening severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-06-16Mid-June evening severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- tornado watch: 2025-05-30Late-May afternoon tornado watch productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-05-05Early-May midday severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-04-22Late-April afternoon severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2025-04-05Off-campus carjacking report; police investigation noticetimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2025-03-21E-scooter and e-bike thefts; lock and report guidancetimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2025-03-05Tornado watch then successive severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2025-02-18Winter weather Conditions 2 then 1 over multi-day stormemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2025-01-10Winter weather case - north chapel hillemergency notificationverbatim
2024
- robbery: 2024-11-16Two off-campus armed robberies reported six minutes apart prompt a crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- tornado: 2024-09-27Two tornado warnings in one morning; sirens activated twice within ninety minutesemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-09-01Early-September evening severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-30Late-August multi-wave afternoon severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-19Mid-August afternoon severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-18Mid-August evening severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-07Condition 1 operational change for adverse weatheremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2024-08-03Early-August afternoon severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- emergency: 2024-07-11Off-campus emergency three miles away with avoid areaemergency notificationverbatim
- civil unrest: 2024-04-30Campus flagpole protest prompts a police response and cancellation of afternoon classesemergency notificationverbatim
- shots fired: 2024-02-05Shots fired between University Landing and Sebastian Villageemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2024-01-09Winter weather Condition 1 afternoon operational changeemergency notificationverbatim
2023
- theft: 2023-12-01Eleven vehicle break-ins; lock-and-report crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- hazmat: 2023-10-19Gas leak near Hospital on West Driveemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2023-10-18Fifteen vehicle break-ins crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-10-01Groping/sexual assault report at residence hall; suspect later ID'dtimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2023-09-29Electric scooter thefts; crime-prevention noticetimely warningverbatim
- workplace violence: 2023-09-13Terminated worker's boyfriend threatens her supervisor at gunpoint in a campus cafeemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2023-09-13Armed and dangerous person on or near campusemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-09-08Early-September afternoon severe thunderstorm warning productemergency notificationverbatim
- active shooter: 2023-08-28Faculty member fatally shot in Caudill Laboratories; campus locked down for three hoursemergency notification1 killedverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-08-15Mid-August multi-wave afternoon severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-08-07Crime Alert for reported rape; safety resourcestimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-08-07Early-August multi-wave evening severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-07-09Early-July multi-wave midday severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2023-07-01Early-July multi-wave afternoon severe thunderstorm warningsemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2023-06-02Peeping reports in academic building; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2023-04-16Assault crime alert with safety guidancetimely warningverbatim
- shots fired: 2023-04-11Update on off-campus shooting investigationtimely warningverbatim
- shots fired: 2023-04-02Off-campus shooting report; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- other: 2023-02-28Campus crime alert with safety guidancetimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2023-02-08Assault report informational noticetimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2023-02-03Scooter theft awareness crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2023-01-12Sexual touching on transit bus; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
2022
- theft: 2022-11-10Electric scooter theft investigation crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2022-10-22Sexual assault report in residence area; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2022-10-17Larcenies from academic buildings; police noticetimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-10-17Mid-October multi-wave evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2022-09-29Winter weather - north chapel hillemergency notificationverbatim
- shots fired: 2022-09-27Local gunshots report; campus informational noticetimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2022-09-15Drink tampering and assault report; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- theft: 2022-09-01Multiple campus larcenies; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- burglary: 2022-08-26Campus B&E series under investigationtimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-08-04Early-August late-evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-07-26Late-July afternoon SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-07-25Late-July evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-07-16Mid-July afternoon SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-06-17Mid-June multi-wave evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2022-06-16Mid-June afternoon SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- extreme heat: 2022-06-14Central North Carolina excessive heat warning with outdoor cautionemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2022-05-26Local armed robberies; campus police noticetimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2022-01-22Armed robbery near campus streets; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- winter weather: 2022-01-15Winter weather reported with campus community notice hill winter conditionsemergency notificationverbatim
2021
- severe weather: 2021-12-11Mid-December evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2021-11-19Sexual assaults reported in residential towers; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2021-10-25Late-October evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- theft: 2021-10-08Bicycle thefts crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- other: 2021-09-04Death on campus under investigation; informational noticeemergency notificationverbatim
- assault: 2021-08-25Local assault investigation; campus informational noticetimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2021-08-20Mid-August evening SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2021-08-01Early-August morning SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2021-07-09Early-July afternoon SVR product streamemergency notificationverbatim
- armed person: 2021-06-15Armed individual arrested on campus; informational noticeemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2021-04-30Inappropriate touching crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2021-04-24Downtown armed robberies; campus informational noticetimely warningverbatim
- winter weather: 2021-02-17Winter Condition 2 midnight operational changeemergency notificationverbatim
2020
- armed person: 2020-10-30Armed person near medical center; shelter-in-placeemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-09-25Late-September evening SVR product stream from NWS Raleighemergency notificationverbatim
- covid 19: 2020-08-17Undergraduate classes go remote after positivity climbs past thirteen percent in a weekadvisoryverbatim
- covid 19: 2020-08-14Emergency notification system used for COVID-19 clusters in residence hallsadvisoryverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-08-10Mid-August evening SVR product stream from NWS Raleighemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-07-05Early-July afternoon SVR product stream from NWS Raleighemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-06-19Mid-June evening SVR product stream from NWS Raleighemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-06-11Early-summer multi-wave evening severe thunderstorm product chainemergency notificationverbatim
- shots fired: 2020-06-07Shots fired between vehicles on campus roadtimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-04-26Late-April evening severe thunderstorm warning for main campusemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-04-13Mid-April morning tornado watch followed by severe thunderstormemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2020-04-08Early-April evening severe thunderstorm warning for main campusemergency notificationverbatim
- burglary: 2020-04-06Campus burglary series; lock-and-report crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- public health: 2020-03-18COVID-era reduced campus operations noticesemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2020-03-06Two inappropriate-touching incidents; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- infrastructure: 2020-03-02South Road closed for water-line leak repairsemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2020-02-20Winter weather near 1- Reduced Operations with protective guidance winter conditionsemergency notificationverbatim
2019
- theft: 2019-12-05South-campus credit card theft series; police noticetimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2019-09-13Sexual assault investigation with follow-ups and arrest noticetimely warningverbatim
- shots fired: 2019-07-08Gunshots on campus early morning; police investigatingtimely warningverbatim
- assault: 2019-07-03Simple assault on campus; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2019-07-02Credit-union robbery investigation; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2019-06-13Armed carjacking investigation; campus noticetimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2019-04-19Tornado warning with sirens on go inside avoid windowsemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2019-02-01Indecent exposure investigation; informational noticetimely warningverbatim
2018
- winter weather: 2018-12-09Winter weather near 2 at a 12 reported to campus community winter conditionemergency notificationverbatim
- sexual assault: 2018-11-15Sexual battery report; crime alerttimely warningverbatim
- winter weather: 2018-11-05Winter weather near services and air conditioning. reported to campus community hill condiemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-10-11Severe Weather; 2 p.m. and remain at Condition 1 until 1; avoid-area guidanceemergency notificationverbatim
- hurricane: 2018-09-10Campus becomes a state-designated shelter for storm evacuees during suspended operationsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-08-08Early-August Wednesday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-08-03Early-August Friday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-08-02Early-August Thursday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-07-22Late-July Sunday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-07-17Mid-July Tuesday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-07-06Early-July Friday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-07-04Independence Day short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2018-07-03Suspect arrested in strong-arm robbery investigationtimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-06-24Late-June Sunday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-06-10Mid-June Sunday night short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-05-21Late-May Monday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-04-15Mid-April Sunday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelter productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2018-04-15Orange County tornado watch with favorable severe conditionsemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2018-03-12Winter Weather; 1 at noon today and will remain in Condiemergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2018-01-19Winter Weather; at noon today. We will stay in Condition 1emergency notificationverbatim
- winter weather: 2018-01-04Winter conditions prompt campus operations and travel cautionemergency notificationverbatim
2017
- robbery: 2017-12-13Update on a strong-arm robbery investigationtimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2017-12-05Timely warning after a strong-arm robbery on campustimely warningverbatim
- other: 2017-11-02Update after a detonated device on campus; suspect in custodytimely warningverbatim
- other: 2017-11-02Timely warning after a device detonation in a campus areatimely warningverbatim
- other: 2017-10-25Police search for individual; later locatedemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-10-23Orange County tornado watch with favorable severe conditions productemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2017-10-03Timely warning after a robbery on a campus streettimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-09-01Early-September Friday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2017-08-20Timely warning after a domestic incident in campus housingtimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-07-23Late-July Sunday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelter productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-07-13Mid-July Thursday short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-07-05Early-July Wednesday night short-form severe thunderstorm seek shelteremergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2017-06-23Timely warning after residence hall break-instimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-06-04Early-June Sunday severe thunderstorm consult local weather sourcesemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-05-25Late-May Thursday severe thunderstorm consult local weather sourcesemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-05-24Orange County late-May tornado watch favorable severe conditionsemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2017-05-19Mid-May Friday severe thunderstorm consult local weather sourcesemergency notificationverbatim
- other: 2017-04-27Timely warning after a fondling report in a campus librarytimely warningverbatim
- winter weather: 2017-01-08Winter Weather; at 9 p.m. tonightemergency notificationverbatim
2016
- other: 2016-11-04Update on a residence hall break-in investigationtimely warningverbatim
- other: 2016-11-01Timely warning after break-ins at a residence halltimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-09-28September severe thunderstorm warning short-form productemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-07-31Late-July evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-07-26Late-July overnight severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2016-07-16Timely warning after a robbery at a campus dining areatimely warningverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-07-15Mid-July afternoon severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-06-29Late-June evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-06-23Mid-June evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-05-22Late-May evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-05-03Early-May evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-05-03Early-May afternoon severe thunderstorm watch short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- severe weather: 2016-04-28Late-April evening severe thunderstorm warning short-formemergency notificationverbatim
- robbery: 2016-04-20Timely warning after an armed robbery near campustimely warningverbatim
- other: 2016-04-15Sirens activated over an armed-person report near campustimely warningverbatim
- robbery: 2016-04-10Timely warning after a robbery near campustimely warningverbatim
- sexual assault: 2016-02-29Timely warning after a reported indecent exposuretimely warningverbatim
- winter weather: 2016-02-15Winter Weather; at 5 p.m. todayemergency notificationverbatim
By incident type
What UNC has alerted about
severe weather · 77Property Crime · 29winter weather · 16other · 14Weather · 14Sex Offense · 10shots fired · 6Violent Threat · 6assault · 5Public Health · 5test · 5active threat · 2infrastructure · 2Civil Unrest · 1emergency · 1extreme heat · 1Hazmat / Gas · 1threat · 1tornado watch · 1workplace violence · 1