Tornado Shelter AREAS
Listed below are the designated tornado shelter areas for each of the campus buildings.
In the event of a Tornado Warning, please proceed as quickly as possible to the appropriate location. Sit down on the floor near sturdy walls. Stay away from windows & doors.
If you can’t make it to these areas, find an interior bathroom, closet or hallway away from windows.
| Current Location | Tornado Shelter Area |
|---|---|
|
#9 … #13 … #15 College Avenue |
Move to an interior area away from windows. |
|
Administration Building |
Move to an interior room or office with no windows. |
|
Annex at West Hall |
Go to basement |
|
Afton Apartments |
Move to an interior room, closet, or area away from windows. Sit down on the floor and cover head with hands. |
|
Allegheny Hall |
Ground floor corridors – ( Not in atrium) |
|
Alumni Gym |
Men’s Restroom |
|
ASA House |
Basement hallway. |
|
Bank Building (223 East Main) |
First floor Kitchen beside Vaults |
|
Bartlett Hall |
Go to basement |
|
Bast Athletic Center |
Locker Rooms on Ground Floor |
|
Bittle Hall |
Move to an interior area away from windows. |
|
Blue Ridge Hall |
Ground floor bathrooms or corridors away from windows. |
|
Bowman Hall |
Basement common areas. |
|
Caldwell Hall |
Ground floor corridors away from windows |
|
Catawba Hall |
Basement common area. (room 001) |
|
Chalmers Hall |
Basement common area. |
|
Chapel |
Go to basement. |
|
Chesapeake Hall |
PKP Quad common area on ground floor. |
|
Colket Center |
Ground floor bookstore, game room, corridor (not in atrium) |
|
College Hall |
Go to basement |
|
Crawford Hall |
Go to basement corridor or interior rooms. |
|
Elizabeth Hall |
Go to basement corridor. |
|
Fintel Library |
Ground floor media classroom. (room 01) |
|
Fowler House |
Go to basement. |
|
KA House |
Go to basement. |
| Life Science | Ground floor interior spaces or corridors. |
|
Lucas Hall |
Ground floor interior spaces or corridors. |
|
Marion Hall |
Ground floor interior spaces or corridors. |
| Massengill Auditorium | Ground floor interior spaces or corridors. |
|
Miller Hall |
Ground floor sitting area |
|
Monterey House |
Basement |
|
Moorehead Hall (Chaplains Office) |
Basement |
|
Olin Hall |
Ground floor corridor (Rehearsal Hall / “blackbox”) |
|
PKA House |
Go to basement |
|
Residential Life Office |
Move to an interior room or office with no windows and sturdy walls. Sit down on the floor and cover head with hands. |
|
Resource Development |
Basement |
|
Ritter Hall |
Ground floor corridors away from windows |
|
Roselawn |
Move to an interior room or office with no windows and sturdy walls. Sit down on the floor and cover head with hands. |
|
Shenandoah Hall |
Ground floor bathrooms or corridor (not community room). |
|
Sigma Chi House |
Go to basement |
|
Smith Hall |
Go to ground common area. |
|
Student Health Services |
Go to basement |
|
Tabor Hall |
Ground floor bathrooms or corridors away from windows. |
| Trexler Hall | Ground floor interior spaces or corridors. |
|
Trout Hall |
Ground floor corridor |
|
Wells / Yonce / Fox Halls |
Go to basement corridors / common areas without windows. |
|
West Hall |
Ground floor corridors |