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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1236 PM EDT Tue Apr 22 2025

...Central Indiana NOAA Weather Radio Outage Planned Next Week...

The National Weather Service (NWS) Indianapolis, IN office
(IND) will be conducting a required, scheduled update to the
Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) from
Monday April 28th through Wednesday April 30th. The NWS uses
the AWIPS computer system to display and integrate weather and
water information, and to send life-saving information, such
as weather and water warnings, to the public.

During the time of this update, forecast and warning operations
will be conducted by our service back-up office in Northern
Indiana (KIWX) to minimize any potential interruption to
services. No impacts to our core services of forecast products
and weather watches, warnings and advisories are expected
during this period. The KIND radar will remain operational and
its products will continue to be distributed as normal. The
NWS Indianapolis office will remain open and staffed at all
hours throughout this update period to help support the NWS
Northern Indiana office, answer public and partner phone
calls, and additional functions that can be completed without
AWIPS.

However, impacts will occur to the NOAA Weather Radio
transmitters that are maintained by the NWS Indianapolis
office and serve central Indiana. Beginning around 8 AM on
Monday, April 28th, all of the 9 NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts
provided by the NWS Indianapolis office will go offline for
the duration of this update. A listing of NOAA Weather Radio
transmitters that are broadcast from the NWS Indianapolis
office can be found online at
weather.gov/nwr/stations?State=IN . NOAA Weather broadcasts
are expected to return to service sometime on Wednesday, April
30th.

During periods of planned or unplanned outages it is important
to have multiple ways to receive warning information. These
alternative sources include: local television/radio, weather
apps on your mobile device, such as the FEMA or Red Cross App,
and at the NWS website at weather.gov/ind/ .

Any questions can be sent to Warning Coordination Meteorologist
Sam Lashley at Sam.Lashley@noaa.gov

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