UWF Notice: Monitoring Severe Weather

University officials are closely monitoring the severe weather that is forecast for tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5 in Northwest Florida. All University of West Florida locations remain open at this time. If conditions change, the University will update the campus community. Potential threats include winds up to 70 mph, fast moving tornadoes and large hail. Please use your best judgement in regards to traveling to classes and events through tomorrow.

As local school districts close tomorrow for the severe weather, the University understands this may affect employees and students with children in school. If you are impacted by a local school closure, please contact your supervisor or instructor.

The University communicates with students, faculty and staff via email, uwf.edu, facebook.com/westfl, twitter.com/uwf and the UWF Mobile Alert text messaging system. To learn more about Mobile Alert, visit uwf.edu/mobilealert.

To ensure you receive future University communications, confirm that your contact information is up-to-date in the University’s communication system, “Mobile Alert.” Log in to my.uwf.edu and search “Mobile Alert” to update and add contact information. 

University officials encourage students, faculty and staff to learn more about storm preparedness at uwf.edu/uwfstorm. Weather information is available by tuning into WUWF at 88.1FM or online at wuwf.org. Updates from the National Weather Service are available at www.weather.gov/mob and twitter.com/NWSMobile.

In the event of an emergency, please contact the UWF Police Department at 850.474.2415.