Tony Laubach
American meteorologist
Tony Laubach ( LAW-bak; born November 20, 1980) is an American storm chaser and meteorologist. He has participated in several field research projects and is one of the former members of TWISTEX. He has been contracted as a severe weather photojournalist for various major television networks, and has starred in several television shows, including Seasons 3 through 5 of Storm Chasers on the Discovery Channel.
Laubach is a field Meteorologist, storm chaser, and multimedia journalist for The AccuWeather Network. Laubach made his debut on the network on June 7, 2021 after witnessing a tornado from their new house the day they closed. On August 9 in northern Illinois, Laubach aired the Sycamore, IL tornado live on the network in the middle of a tornado outbreak.
Laubach was the weekend morning meteorologist and storm chaser for KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas. He joined the team on March 19, 2018 and debuted on-air a week later on March 25. Three years later on March 25, 2021, Laubach announced on his Facebook page that he was leaving KAKE with his last day being May 2. Prior to KAKE, Laubach worked for nearly five years as a meteorologist and the "Weather Warrior" for WSIL-TV in Carterville, Illinois. He worked at WSIL from July 31, 2013 until March 11, 2018.
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