Tornado Watch Guidelines

A tornado watch means that conditions are favorable for tornados to form. While the university is under a tornado watch, all university employees and students should pay close attention to changing weather conditions and remain alert to further weather warnings.

The Executive Director of Campus Services or their designee will monitor the weather alert radio on days when a tornado is deemed likely to occur.
In the event that the Executive Director of Campus Services learns of a tornado watch, he will activate the CU Alerts System. CU Alerts is a campus-wide emergency notification system which allows Cumberland University students, faculty and staff to receive emergency alerts via cell phone text messages. CU Alerts are issued only in the event of an actual emergency, and the system is not used for non-emergency communications.
To sign up for CU Alerts, use your cell phone text messaging feature. Create a new message with the word CUALERTS and send it to 41411. The alert system will send a confirmation message back to you. Note: This system is purged each summer.