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07/18/2025

Weather and Traffic
July 18, 2025 9:40 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is FRIDAY, July 18 and the year is 2025. It’s National Caviar Day as well as National Dapper your Data Day, which is a stupid title for an important topic. It’s related to making sure you are aware of all the online scams and thieves out to steal your information.

As we have published in the newspaper, there are international criminal organizations, many based in China, who look to get their mitts on your credit card and banking information. Before you order anything through a website make sure it is legitimate. Many of them aren’t.

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On this day in the year 64, the Great Fire of Rome started. While the much hated Nero is said to have been fiddling while Rome burned, it’s not true. The fiddle wasn’t invented until about a thousand years later.

And in 1938 Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan lands in Ireland after a 28 hour flight from New York. He had filed a flight plan to fly to Los Angeles but “got lost.”

Weather:
Storms developing today, some may be entertaining. High in the upper 70s. Some showers during the overnight, low in the upper 60s.

For tomorrow, Race Day at Tyler County Speedway, chance of showers. High in the mid 80s.

Traffic:
As the Friday morning commute winds down expect delays of up to a minute at the Sistersville Stop-Light, the only traffic light in Tyler County. And....New Martinsville is still annoying.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center is is 74 degrees and starting to rain.

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07/17/2025

Weather and Traffic
July 17, 2025 10:15 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is THURSDAY, July 17, in the Year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Twenty Five. It’s National Peach Ice Cream Day and Wrong Way Corrigan Day, celebrating the day in 1938 when Douglas Corrigan took off on a flight from New York to California and ended up in Ireland.

If your club or intentional not-for-profit has an event coming up please let us know three weeks in advance so that we have time to get it into our paper and distributed. And people do read our little paper. In fact, I think that we have more people going out of their way to pick up our paper than others have delivered to their subscribers. In one county I know that’s true. I’ve seen the numbers.

On this day in 1917, during the third year of the First World War, Britain’s King George V ordered the British royal family to stop using German titles and change their surnames (last names) to something a little more British sounding as the royal family was actually of German, not English, decent. King George went from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.

In 1937 the cartoon character Elmer Fudd made a debut in the Warner Brother’s Looney Tunes short “Egghead Rides Again.” Later it was Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd who introduced millions of kids to opera with The Barber of Seville.

And to keep with the theme of worthless trivia, on July 17, 1969 Jimi Hendrix dropped out as the opening act for the....... wait for it........ The Monkees.

That’s right, the psychedelic rock legendary performer was opening for the American made-for-tv group while they toured in the United States. Apparently, at the time Hendrix was little known in the U.S. while the Monkees were filling the venues with screaming teenagers.

Who apparently didn’t like Hendrix.

As Mickey Dolenz, the drummer for the Monkees, later recalled, “Jimi would amble out onto the stage, fire up the amps and break out into ‘Purple Haze,’ and the kids in the audience would instantly drown him out with ‘We want Daaavy!’ God, was it embarrassing.”

Hendix managed to get through seven of the tour dates but left the stage 56 years ago today- giving the finger to the crowd.

Weather:
We are under a FLOOD WATCH from 2 p.m. through this evening. This morning’s miserable humidity will give way to afternoon thunder storms. Some storms may be heavy. High 85, although it will feel like it’s in the mid 90s. Storms continue through the overnight with lows in the lower 70s.

For tomorrow, afternoon storms, high in the lower 80s.

Traffic:
The WVDOH is stripping Route 2 in Tyler County. Expect delays.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is a humid 81 degrees under hazy skies. And now it’s back to wondering why.

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07/04/2025

06/19/2025

Weather Brief
June 19, 2025 8:30 a.m.

Good Morning! Today is THURSDAY, June 19, 2025. A reminder that today is a federal holiday. Banks will be closed and the mail doesn't run.

Showers this morning, thunderstorms in the afternoon. Humid with highs in the mid to upper 70s.

A reminder that the Sistersville Ferry remains closed.

Currently at our Downtown Sistersville News Command Center it is 70 degrees under cloudy skies. Full morning updates return when I have the time.

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06/19/2025

June 18,2025 10:07PM
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Monroe County

National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA
1006 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025

The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Belmont County in east central Ohio...
Guernsey County in east central Ohio...
Southeastern Harrison County in east central Ohio...
South Central Jefferson OH County in east central Ohio...
Monroe County in east central Ohio...
Southeastern Muskingum County in east central Ohio...
Noble County in east central Ohio...
Marshall County in northern West Virginia...
Ohio County in northern West Virginia...
* Until 1100 PM EDT.
* At 1006 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
from over Freeport to 24 miles south of South Zanesville, or along
a line from over Freeport to 28 miles south of Zanesville, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

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06/17/2025

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FLOOD WATCH 11 AM through this evening
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June 17, 2025 8:40 am

Issued By: Charleston - WV, US, National Weather Service

Affected Area
Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following counties, Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence, southeast Ohio, including the following counties, Athens, Gallia, Jackson OH, Lawrence OH, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington, southwest Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson, and West Virginia, including the following counties, Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest Pocahontas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest Randolph, Northwest Webster, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette, Southeast Nicholas, Southeast Pocahontas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast Randolph, Southeast Webster, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming

FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.

WHERE...Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following counties, Boyd, Carter, Greenup and Lawrence, southeast Ohio, including the following counties, Athens, Gallia, Jackson OH, Lawrence OH, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and Washington, southwest Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson, and West Virginia, including the following counties, Barbour, Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Jackson WV, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mingo, Northwest Fayette, Northwest Nicholas, Northwest Pocahontas, Northwest Raleigh, Northwest Randolph, Northwest Webster, Pleasants, Putnam, Ritchie, Roane, Southeast Fayette, Southeast Nicholas, Southeast Pocahontas, Southeast Raleigh, Southeast Randolph, Southeast Webster, Taylor, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Wirt, Wood and Wyoming.

WHEN...From 11 AM EDT this morning through this evening.

IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flood Warnings be issued. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our X and pages.

Warnings/Hazards Local Briefing Hazard Outlooks Report Severe Weather Winter Storm Severity Index Heat Risk Hazards Criteria

06/15/2025

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
June 15, 2025 6 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for our region.

Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Doddridge County in northern West Virginia... Northwestern Harrison County in northern West Virginia... Southeastern Tyler County in northern West Virginia...

Until 830 PM EDT.

At 553 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.0 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Salem, Center Point, Sedalia, Canton and Wallace.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

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06/13/2025

Paden City High School to be deeded to PCDA.

At the June 10 Wetzel County Board of Education meeting the board approved transferring the ownership of the now closed Paden City High School to the Paden City Development Authority.

Ownership transfer to occur in July,

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06/06/2025

GREAT NEWS!

Sistersville's Hometown Hardware is reopening!

Hometown Hardware will be opening back up Monday June 9th . Our hours have changed and we will be open the following hours:
Monday- Friday. 9am to 5:00
Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00
Sunday closed

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06/01/2025

A warm welcome to our new readers from Hundred in Wetzel County.

You can pick up a copy of our current edition at the gas station, feed store and at the diner.

Monday there will be a stack of them at the Post Office.

The paper is advertiser supported and FREE to our readers.

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05/31/2025

Sistersville Ferry is closed today
May 31, 2025 10:17 a.m.

Due to high water conditions, the Sistersville Ferry will not be running today, Saturday, May 31.

And New Martinsville is still annoying.

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05/31/2025

TRAVEL ADVISORY- WETZEL COUNTY
May 30, 2025 11:15 p.m.

If you are planning to try to drive in eastern Wetzel County tonight be advised that we have seen reports that the Shortline Highway is flooded in Reader and that parts of Hundred are flooded.

Turn around, don't drown. Do not cross flooded roadways.

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