Weekend winter storm – 1/25/2026 INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Mayor Joe Hogsett on Sunday upgraded the travel status of Marion County to travel warning. Shortly before 6 p.m., 46 of Indiana’s 92 counties were under travel warnings, according to the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. T he National Weather Service at Indianapolis in the 5p.m. hour Sunday had recorded 10.6 inches from the continuing winter storm. With snowfall totals surpassing 10 inches and wind chill temperatures forecasted to be below zero, the Democrat mayor issued a declaration of local disaster emergency for Marion County. The Metropolitan Emergency Services Agency–Marion County Emergency Management, in consultation with the Office of the Mayor and the Indianapolis Department of Public Works (DPW), upgraded Marion County’s travel status to a travel warning effective immediately. Already many schools, government entities and other organizations have announced they will be closed Monday on the WISHTV.com Closings and Delays page. “This afternoon, I joined Indy DPW crews out plowing our roadways and saw firsthand the heavy snowfall and extremely cold temperatures making it especially challenging to keep our local roadways clear,” Hogsett said in a statement. “With the potential for blowing snow overnight, conditions are expected to remain unsafe. For that reason, together with emergency management officials, we are upgrading our travel status to a warning effective immediately. We ask community members to stay home and safe overnight and at least through tomorrow evening.” A warning is the highest level of local travel status, restricting travel to emergency management, public safety, health care workers, and other essential personnel, such as utility employees only. During a travel warning, people should refrain from local travel, comply with necessary emergency measures, cooperate with public officials and disaster in executing emergency operations plans, and obey and comply with the lawful directions of properly identified public safety officials. Indianapolis officials will provide any update on travel conditions in Marion County by midday Monday. This winter storm is among the snowiest two-day periods in Indianapolis history and the largest in more than a decade. Submit your winter storm photos PHOTOS | Capturing joy in the winter storm! ...read more read less