White Flag Information

Southern Indiana White Flag Opens when Temps or Windchill hits 35 degrees and below for 4 or more consecutive hours between 7PM and 7AM. Decision is usually made by 12:00 PM each day between November 15th - April 15.This years shelter is located at Culbertson Baptist Church 4007 Grant Line Rd., New Albany IN and opens from 7:00 PM till 7:00 AM White Flad Hotline Number is 812-913-5368
TARC is Free on White Flag Nights If you are traveling from Jeffersonville here is the Tarc 71 Schedule - Tarc 72 Schedule or you may use the Trip Planner

When Louisville Metro is undergoing a severe weather emergency, or extreme cold or heat, Operation White Flag goes into effect. During a wind chill of below 35 degrees or a heat index over 95 degree, participating shelters will fly a white flag outside of their doors to indicate that White Flag is occurring. You may remain inside of the shelter as long as the flag is flying outside. In addition to wind chill and heat index guidelines, White Flag will also go into effect when an ozone alert occurs. Call the Coordinated Shelter Access (CSA) line at 502-637-BEDS to find out if White Flag is in effect on any given day. 

The shelters that participate in Operation White Flag in Louisville include: 


Wayside Christian Mission

432 East Jefferson St. 

502-742-6166


Salvation Army Center of Hope

911 South Brook St. 

502-671-4904

 
St. Vincent de Paul (Men Only)

1034 South Jackson St. 

502-584-2480 ext. 224


If you are ineligible or banned from any particular shelter, it is up to the staff on whether or not you are allowed in. White Flag also does not guarantee that a shelter bed will be available.