Freezing fog advisory, National Weather Service, Norman, Tulsa, Amarillo, Texas
National Weather Service, Norman:
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-
NOBLE-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-
BECKHAM-WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-
CLEVELAND-POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-
TILLMAN-COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-LOVE-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-
CLAY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BUFFALO…ALVA…CHEROKEE…MEDFORD…
PONCA CITY…ARNETT…WOODWARD…FAIRVIEW…ENID…PERRY…
CHEYENNE…TALOGA…WEATHERFORD…CLINTON…WATONGA…
KINGFISHER…GUTHRIE…STILLWATER…ELK CITY…SAYRE…CORDELL…
ANADARKO…YUKON…EL RENO…MUSTANG…OKLAHOMA CITY…CHANDLER…
CHICKASHA…PURCELL…NORMAN…MOORE…SHAWNEE…SEMINOLE…
HOLDENVILLE…HOLLIS…MANGUM…HOBART…ALTUS…FREDERICK…
LAWTON…DUNCAN…PAULS VALLEY…SULPHUR…ADA…WALTERS…
WAURIKA…ARDMORE…MARIETTA…QUANAH…CHILLICOTHE…CROWELL…
VERNON…WICHITA FALLS…MUNDAY…KNOX CITY…SEYMOUR…
ARCHER CITY…HOLLIDAY…LAKESIDE CITY…HENRIETTA
SUN JAN 31 2010
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
MONDAY.
* TIMING: DENSE FREEZING FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN
THIS EVENING AND LAST WELL INTO MONDAY MORNING.
* VISIBILITY: MOST VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE-HALF MILE
OR LESS FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: LIGHT ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON EXPOSED
SURFACES…ESPECIALLY UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THERE
WILL ALSO BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR FLURRIES AND LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF OKLAHOMA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND FOG LAMPS…AND
LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. ALSO…BE ALERT FOR FROST
ON BRIDGE DECKS CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS.
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National Weather Service, Tulsa
…FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM
CST MONDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TULSA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING FOG
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST
MONDAY…
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…
* IN OKLAHOMA…CHEROKEE…ADAIR…CREEK…OKFUSKEE…OKMULGEE…
WAGONER…TULSA…ROGERS…MAYES…DELAWARE…PAWNEE…OTTAWA…
PUSHMATAHA…CHOCTAW…WASHINGTON…OSAGE…CRAIG…NOWATA…
PITTSBURG…SEQUOYAH…MCINTOSH…MUSKOGEE…LE FLORE…LATIMER
AND HASKELL.
IN ARKANSAS…WASHINGTON…MADISON…CRAWFORD…BENTON…
SEBASTIAN…CARROLL AND FRANKLIN.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* DENSE FREEZING FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING
AND LAST THROUGH MID MORNING MONDAY.
IMPACTS…
* VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER
MILE AND A LIGHT GLAZE MAY FORM ON ROADWAYS.
DEFINITION…
* A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY MEANS AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED
OR ARE OCCURRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY
OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.
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National Weather Service, Amarillo, Texas
A FREEZING FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
ENTIRE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY. VISIBILITIES
IN THE FOG WILL BE REDUCE TO NEAR A HALF MILE OR LESS IN SOME
LOCATIONS.
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State Emergency Management Update-Sunday evening
WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT STATE
Power outage update
The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains activated and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is in contact with emergency managers across the state. Agencies and organizations represented at the State EOC include the: American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Oklahoma Military Department, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2-1-1 Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and FEMA.
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports 82,977 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the winter storm, which includes the following.
PSO reports 32,342 customers without power including those in:
Chickasha area – 10,937
Duncan area – 197
Hobart – area - 6353
Lawton area – 15,894
Tipton area – 1,990
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 14,946 customers without power in:
Lexington 200
Purcell 800
Altus 9,300
Eldorado 283
Olustee 316
Marlow 2,325
Granite 613
Manitou 209
Duncan 1,000
The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) reports 32,726 customers without power in:
Caddo Electric, Binger: 6,195
Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole: 3,500
Cotton Electric, Walters: 9,640
East Central OK Electric, Okmulgee: 430
Harmon Electric Association, Hollis: 3,303
Kiwash Electric, Cordell: 1,150
Northfork Electric, Sayre: 64
Oklahoma Electric, Norman: 715
Ozarks Electric, Stilwell, Fayetteville: 0
People’s Electric, Ada: 2,029
Rural Electric, Lindsay: 4,200
Southwest Rural Electric, Tipton: 1,500
OG&E reports 2,963 customers (including 608 in Wewoka and 511 in Ada) are without service.
OG&E has closed its customer walk-up centers in Ada, Seminole and Pauls Valley.
Posted Sunday: Hazardous weather outlook, Norman (Sunday night freezing fog possible; Monday morning light freezing drizzle, freezing rain, freezing fog possible)
National Weather Service, Norman:
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
SUN JAN 31 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.
.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED.
DISCUSSION…
COLD AND STABLE AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH TONIGHT.
PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST MONDAY FEB 1.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…ZERO PERCENT.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND
WESTERN NORTH TEXAS THROUGH MIDDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY…
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
A STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THE GULF COAST
STATES BY THE LATTER PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. AT THIS TIME…THE
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW.
OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
A WEATHER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION ON MONDAY MAY PRODUCE
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING HOURS
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. AREAS OF FREEZING
FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA.
Update from State Emergency Management
January 30, 2010
WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT STATE
The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains activated and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is in contact with emergency managers across the state. Agencies and organizations represented at the State EOC include the: American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Oklahoma Military Department, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2-1-1 Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry.
President Barrack Obama today approved Gov. Henry’s request for an emergency declaration covering all 77 Oklahoma counties. The emergency declaration authorizes federal resources to assist state and local governments as they continue to respond to the severe winter storm. These resources include industrial size generators, bottled water, cots and blankets. The need for additional federal disaster aid to cover further response and recovery costs is currently being assessed.
Oklahoma remains under a State of Emergency, as declared by Gov. Henry on Wednesday.
The State of Emergency marks a first step toward seeking federal assistance and the executive order allows state agencies to make emergency purchases and acquisitions needed to expedite the delivery of resources to local jurisdictions. The declaration provides a formal mechanism for local governments to seek reimbursement for recovery costs through the state’s disaster public assistance program if conditions warrant.
PRICE GOUGING STATUTE IN EFFECT
Oklahoma’s price gouging statute is in effect in all of Oklahoma’s 77 counties due to the State of Emergency. The price gouging statute prohibits an increase of more than 10 percent in the price of most goods and services when a State of Emergency has been declared. Anyone who suspects price gouging, is urged to contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Unit at (405) 521-2029.
INJURIES AND FATALITIES
One fatality is attributed to the winter storm, according to the Oklahoma Office of the State Medical Examiner. A 70-year-old Ada woman died Friday after a propane tank exploded at her home. The propane tank was being used to fuel a generator due to power outages. Her husband was hospitalized in critical condition due to the incident.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports troopers have worked 452 storm related crashes, including 86 involving injury since the storm began. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) reports 10 people have been admitted to hospitals with carbon monoxide poisoning. Additionally, OSDH reports 232 slips and falls and 51 motor vehicle accidents involving injury related to the storm.
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Tonight, temperatures will plunge to the single digits and teens. Sunday will start a warming trend with temperatures generally in the 30s. Monday and Tuesday will see additional warming, with temperatures in the 40s.
Only a slight chance of rain exists for later in the week. Temperatures should be near seasonal averages by late in the week.
POWER OUTAGES
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports 115,428 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the winter storm, which includes the following.
PSO reports 47,222 customers without power including those in:
Chickasha area – 12,918
Duncan area – 3,941
Hobart area – 6,061
Lawton area – 19,824
Okmulgee/Henryetta area – 597
Tipton area – 3,775
The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 16,532 customers without power in:
Lexington 375
Purcell 1725
Altus 9300
Eldorado 283
Olustee 316
Marlow 2325
Granite 613
Comanche 957
Manitou 209
Ryan 429
The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reports 43,738 customers without power in:
Caddo Electric, Binger: 7,140
Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole: 7,324
Cotton Electric, Walters: 10,808
East Central OK Electric, Okmulgee: 1,300
Harmon Electric Association, Hollis: 3,303
Kiwash Electric, Cordell: 2,000
Northfork Electric, Sayre: 195
Oklahoma Electric, Norman: 1,529
Ozarks Electric, Stilwell, Fayetteville: 37
People’s Electric, Ada: 3,102
Rural Electric, Lindsay: 5,500
SW Rural Electric, Tipton: 1,500
OG&E reports 7,936 customers (including 1,301 in Ada and 641 in Seminole) are without service.
OG&E continues to operate customer walk-up centers in Ada, Seminole and Pauls Valley. The centers provide customers affected by the ice storm a place to report their power outage and learn about the power restoration process directly from employees of OG&E. The locations are:
Ada: Apple Market, 220 E. 13th Street
Seminole: Homeland Store, 1701 N. Milt Phillips Ave.
Pauls Valley: Homeland Store, 505 S. Chickasaw Avenue
The walk-up centers are open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. They will remain open as long as they are needed.
RESOURCE REQUESTS
The State EOC continues to deploy generators to provide power to critical facilities like shelters, water treatment plans and hospitals in communities impacted by the storm. Already generators have been deployed through the EOC and delivered by the Oklahoma National Guard to Asher, Apache and Hobart for shelter operations, and in Marlow, Duncan and Stephens, Jefferson, Grady and Greer counties for water systems that are down.
Industrial-size generators and truck loads of bottled water secured through the federal government will be deployed through the State EOC to cities, towns and counties as needed due to power outages. The federal generators augment the industrial size state generators already positioned around the state. The industrial size generators are for shelters, water treatment plants and hospitals.
Please note these generators are not for residential use.
ROAD CONDITIONS
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP) reports the HE Bailey Turnpike is now open. In the last 24-hours troopers have helped 489 motorists in need of assistance.
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) reports Interstate lanes are open and passable throughout the state with traffic moving at near normal speeds. However, bridges, overpasses and ramps remain ice packed and rough. Caution is advised in these areas.
ODOT crews continue to work around the clock to clear roadways. Drivers are urged to stay at least 200 feet behind road-clearing equipment. Additionally, motorists are asked to:
-- Be aware that conditions are continually changing; drive cautiously and for the conditions on the roadway.
-- Check road conditions before getting out on the roads.
-- Allow extra space between vehicles, so there is adequate distance for braking in icy conditions.
-- Be aware of "black ice," which looks wet on the roadway, but is actually a thin layer of ice.
SHELTERS AND MASS FEEDING
Friday night 2,250 people stayed at the shelters and made use of the feeding and warming centers opened due to the winter storm. The following shelters and warming centers remain open:
Shelters
Ada – Lazer Zone Family Fun Center, 14601 CR 3544
Altus – First Baptist Church, 300 N. Main
Altus – Altus Community Center, 401 Falcon Rd
Anadarko — First Baptist Church, 700 Pettree
Apache – Clark Community Center, 301 E. Evans St
Asher — First Baptist Church, 109 E. Main St
Brindle – Brindle Corner, 20107 E. Robinson Hwy 9
Canton — Canton Town Hall, 207 N. Garfield
Carnegie – First Assembly of God Church, 715 E. Oklahoma
Carnegie – Kiowa Complex, 100 Kiowa Way
Carnegie — Carnegie Elementary School, 202 West 4th St.
Chickasha – Grady County Fairgrounds, 500 East Choctaw
Concho — Concho Community Hall, 200 Wolf Robe Circle
Cyril – Cyril Senior Center, 3 Ohio St
Duncan – Stephens County Fairgrounds, 2002 S 13th Street
Elmore City – First Baptist Church, 107 S Texas Ave.
Granite – United Methodist Church, 206 Parker
Hobart – First Methodist Church, 201 S. Washington
Holdenville – Senior Center, 124 N. Creek
Hollis — Hollis Civic Center, 208 W. Jones
Lawton – Hunting Horse Methodist, SW 25th & E Ave.
Lawton — Cameron Baptist Church, 2621 SW C Ave.
Lindsay — Calvary Baptist Church, 5th and Chickasaw
Mangum – Church of New Beginnings, 408 North Tittle Ave.
Maysville – First Baptist Church, 300 Ripley St
Newcastle — Newcastle Storm Shelter, 851 N Carr
Paoli – Paoli Senior Citizens Center, 408 W. Davis
Pauls Valley – Garvin County Fair Barn, 1401 N Willow
Purcell — Multi-Purpose Center, 1400 Chandler Rd
Seiling — Community Building
Tecumseh – Tecumseh City Hall, 114 N. Broadway St.
Watonga – Watonga Community Center
Watonga – Watonga Cheyenne-Arapaho Community Center
Warming Centers
Anadark – First Baptist Church, 700 Petree
El Dorado — El Dorado Community Center, 514 W. Main
El Dorado — El Dorado School, 116 N. 7th
Hobart — First United Methodist, 201 S. Washington
McAlester – Salvation Army Office, 400 N. A Street
Seminole – Seminole City Hall, 420 Reid St.
Waurika – Waurika Elementary School, 600 Education Ave
Woodward — Woodward American Red Cross Chapter, 1209 Ninth Street
Wynnewood – First Baptist Church, 1515 E. Robert S. Kerr Blvd.
An open warming center is capable of turning into a shelter at any time if officials determine a need for overnight sheltering.
The American Red Cross remains ready to open more shelters as needed and currently has additional capacity in the shelters that are open. For more shelter information, contact the Red Cross at (888) 405-9543.
The Salvation Army reports they are assisting Chickasha Emergency Management’s shelter with supervision, meals, and snacks. Caddo County is receiving assistance in Cyril with lunch and dinner. Lawton provided food to the City of Snyder Emergency Management’s shelter as well as the City of Cache Emergency Management’s shelter. Additionally, they provided cots and blankets to the Red Cross shelter at Cameron Baptist Church in Lawton. In Altus, they are providing meals to city and utility workers and first responders.
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services is supplying some shelters with USDA food commodities.
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief is supporting the shelters with feeding sites.
On Monday, their Baptist Chainsaw groups will begin taking request for clearing large trees from individual homes. To ask for assistance call: 405-388-6912, 405-496-1196 or 405-443-7583. The Baptist priorities of assistance are elderly (who needs assistance), single women with children and families with heads of households on military duty overseas.
FEMA is providing 13 trucks of water, Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) and cots for use in shelters and to support response personnel. The supplies are scheduled to arrive in the state tomorrow.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) continues to deal with health and medical issues. County elements of the Oklahoma Medical Reserve Corps were mobilized overnight to assist with health and medical needs in support of shelter operations. The medical reserve corps is designed to bring together practicing and retired healthcare professionals from a diversity of fields, including physicians, nurses, hospital and public health workers, mental health experts, and other medical professions. In addition, volunteers without a background in medical training are involved. These professionals, working together, comprise the corps, which supplements existing “first responder” emergency systems. OSDH would like to remind all citizens to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning by not operating a generator, pressure washer, charcoal grill, camp stove, or other gasoline-or charcoal-burning device inside the home, basement or garage or near a window, door, or vent. Do not heat a house with a gas oven.
DIAL 211
For Oklahoma residents seeking non-emergency disaster or health and human service information, please contact your local 2-1-1. Services are available 24 hours a day by dialing 2-1-1 from your home or cellular telephone. 2-1-1 is a statewide service. Please only call 911 for emergencies.
Be careful out there
Well, folks. Thanks for the reading the weather blog and allowing NewsOK to keep you up to date on the latest weather developments.
This is today’s last post.
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— Brian Sargent
Will Rogers World Airport stops aircraft operations
Due to continuing deteriorating weather conditions, Will Rogers World Airport closed all runways to aircraft operations today at approximately 2:30pm.
While airport maintenance crews have been working nonstop clearing the runways, heavily falling snow and near zero visibility have kept them from being able to improve conditions.
The airport will remain closed until weather conditions improve and runway and taxiways can be cleared safely to allow aircraft operations.
Airlines are working with ticketed passengers to reschedule their flights. All other travelers should check with their airlines for additional cancellations or changes.
— Brian Sargent
I-40 in Texas reopened from New Mexico to Oklahoma
From The Associated Press: Texas highway officials have reopened Interstate 40 from the New Mexico border to the Oklahoma line. They also reopened U.S. 287 from Amarillo to the Oklahoma line, U.S. 87 from Amarillo to Dalhart and U.S. 54 from the New Mexico line to the Oklahoma border on Friday afternoon. That’s the day after they were buried by up to a foot of snow.
— Brian Sargent
Elevated surfaces slick, visibility extremely low
Oklahoman reporter Johnny Johnson traveled from OPUBCO’s headquarters (Broadway Extension/Britton Road) to Oklahoma City police headquarters just west of downtown (Shartel Avenue/Colcord Drive). He traveled mostly on I-235.
He reports that roads are slick on elevated surfaces and visibility is extremely low.
“Expect a slow trip,” Johnson said. “On roads that aren’t heavily traveled, you can’t see lines or curbs.”
— Brian Sargent
Turnpike conditions worse than Thursday night
Just spoke with Jack Damrill, Oklahoma Turnpike Authority spokesman: Here’s what he said about the turnpikes near the Oklahoma City area:
— The weather is deteriorating.
— The turnpikes are slick and packed with snow.
— No major wrecks or lane closures.
— The surfaces are worse than last night because last night the turnpikes were mostly wet.
The H.E. Bailey Turnpike remains closed between Chickasha and Elgin because of power poles that have been knocked down.
— Brian Sargent
Roads condition update from ODOT
Crews continue to clear snow and ice from roadways across Oklahoma. Travel is still discouraged at this time, as weather conditions are still changing, and the chances for black ice will increase into the evening hours. Currently heavy snow, combined with the sleet and freezing rain overnight, is making travel difficult across the state.
If emergency travel is unavoidable, use extreme caution while driving – particularly on bridges and overpasses. Please make safety a priority, and do not drive faster than the conditions allow.
In southwestern and central areas of the state, several short-term closures on highways have been reported due to accidents, fallen trees and downed power lines. In the panhandle, highways leading from Guymon into Texas, and from Boise City leading into Texas and Colorado have been reopened. Those routes were closed overnight at the request of the Texas Department of Transportation and the Colorado Department of Transportation due to hazardous conditions on their sides of the state line.
— Brian Sargent
