Winter Weather in Indiana, February 16, 2025

Name: Winter Weather in Indiana, February 16, 2025
Start: 2025-02-16T03:00
End: 2025-02-16T06:00
Location: Indiana

February 16, 2025 · NWS PAH · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.

Following a major flash flood event on the 15th, bands of moderate to heavy snow developed behind a cold front associated with low pressure during the early morning hours of the 16th. A quick burst of snow led to 1.0 to 3.5 inches of snow across southwest Indiana with poor visibility below 1 mile. The highest snowfall occurred near Newburgh, Indiana in southwest Warrick County where locally 3.5 to 3.7 inches fell. Temperatures plunged to around 30 degrees due to wind gusts between 25-35 mph, causing slick road conditions with snow accumulating on all surfaces. Key Impacts: transportation delays.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 16, 2:51 AM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 2:51 AM CST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 9:27 PM CST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
927 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-161100-
Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton-
White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope-
Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh-
Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves-
Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell-
Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean-
Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter-
Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid-
927 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025 /1027 PM EST Sat Feb 15 2025/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Considerable to potentially major flash flooding at times continues.
Refer to the Flood Watch product, and numerous flood and flash
flood warnings, for specific details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Accumulating snowfall with travel impacts is becoming increasingly
likely Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.

Dangerous cold is forecast for much of next week. Morning wind
chill values will be near or below zero Wednesday through Friday.

Widespread river flooding will continue or is forecast to develop
along parts of the Ohio and Green Rivers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports are appreciated.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 15, 10:16 PM CST, 4 hours 44 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1016 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1006 PM     Rain             1 SE Evansville         37.97N 87.53W
02/15/2025  M2.85 Inch       Vanderburgh        IN   Trained Spotter

            Heavy rain continues, total is 2.85" thus
            far on the southeast side of Evansville, in
            Angel Mounds.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 15, 11:12 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1112 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1029 PM     Flood            4 SSE Dexter            36.69N 88.28W
02/15/2025                   Calloway           KY   Trained Spotter

            Water getting into homes in Almo.

&&

ATL

Local storm report, Feb 15, 11:34 PM CST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1134 PM CST Sat Feb 15 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     Rain             4 E Grahamville         37.09N 88.71W
02/15/2025  M4.64 Inch       McCracken          KY   Public

1116 PM     Rain             1 SW Cayce              36.54N 89.06W
02/15/2025  M6.13 Inch       Fulton             KY   Amateur Radio

            Personal weather station measurement.

1000 PM     Rain             Lone Oak                37.04N 88.67W
02/15/2025  M4.75 Inch       McCracken          KY   Broadcast Media

            Daily rainfall total.

&&

Local storm report, Feb 16, 12:05 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 16, 1:22 AM CST, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 16, 1:28 AM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Gibson

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Gibson forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pike

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Posey

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Posey forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Vanderburgh

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Vanderburgh forecast zone
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Warrick

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Warrick forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Spencer

When: February 16, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where: Spencer forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2025 Every state in 2025 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, February 2025

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1232480, 1232481, 1232482, 1232483, 1232484, 1232485.