He added that members of his team spoke with some residents who said the initial thunderstorm warning helped them brace for the impact.
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Mark Willis, meteorologist in charge for the Wilmington office, said the same cold front bringing freezing temperatures, ice and snow from Canada to Mexico created conditions favorable to tornadoes in North Carolina, where it pushed up against a warm front from the Gulf of Mexico.
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