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Special Weather Statement, NWS Indianapolis, IN

October 18, 2025Greene County, Owen County, Indiana

NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this special weather statement at Oct 18, 2025, 4:11 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 2025, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 2025, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Indianapolis, IN
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 268 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2025-10-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2025-10-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1332 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Indianapolis, IN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Oct 18, 3:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 3:40 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
240 PM EDT Sat Oct 18 2025

INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-191845-
Carroll-Warren-Tippecanoe-Clinton-Howard-Fountain-Montgomery-Boone-
Tipton-Hamilton-Madison-Delaware-Randolph-Vermillion-Parke-Putnam-
Hendricks-Marion-Hancock-Henry-Vigo-Clay-Owen-Morgan-Johnson-Shelby-
Rush-Sullivan-Greene-Monroe-Brown-Bartholomew-Decatur-Knox-Daviess-
Martin-Lawrence-Jackson-Jennings-
240 PM EDT Sat Oct 18 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for central Indiana.

.DAY ONE...Through Tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible through tonight. Areas along and west of
I-69 will have the best chances for storms into early evening, then
the storms will spread east.

A few storms may produce strong wind gusts into early evening and
then again overnight as a narrow line of storms tracks quickly east.

Locally heavy rainfall is possible. Cloud to ground lightning is a
threat with any thunderstorm.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Westerly winds will gust up to 30 to 40 mph at times on Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed into tonight.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and climate
information can be found at http://weather.gov/ind

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 3:42 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDGreene33 min
Oct 18, 4:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHendricks, Morgan, Owen38 min
Oct 18, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDJohnson, Marion25 min
Oct 18, 5:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHamilton, Hancock, Marion33 min
Oct 18, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDHancock, Madison36 min
Oct 18, 6:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementINDDelaware, Hancock, Madison31 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.