Tony Laubach's most memorable moment of 2023

A set of twin tornadoes in Colorado topped Tony's list of memorable weather moments in 2023.

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00:00 When you've been chasing storms for a quarter of a century,

00:02 they're going to be days and years that stand out above all of the rest.

00:06 And not only was 2023 my most prolific storm chasing season to date,

00:10 it contains several of the most prolific days that I have ever seen in my entire

00:14 storm chasing career.

00:15 The number one day occurring right here on Colorado highway 63 South of the town

00:20 of Akron,

00:21 where I witnessed 19 tornadoes on a day that saw the state record for the most

00:25 tornadoes that ever touched down in a single day here on June 21st in the field

00:30 right across from where I'm standing amongst those 19 tornadoes.

00:33 I witnessed these two twin tornadoes rotating around each other.

00:37 That day was one of the most incredible days I'd ever seen.

00:40 Fast forward a couple of months to August, just outside of Yuma,

00:50 not too far from here, where I witnessed several more tornadoes,

00:53 including this one of the stronger tornadoes that we would see in the state of

00:56 Colorado and EF three near Yuma tornado on the ground.

01:00 It's about to pop onto the screen.

01:02 This one we put live on the Accuweather network.

01:05 Several of those tornadoes over the course of the year ended up live on the

01:08 Accuweather network. And one of the most prolific tornado seasons I have had to

01:12 date, this tornado near a Tumwa,

01:14 Iowa was the most violent of the tornadoes of the year,

01:17 a very busy tornado year for myself and chasers all across the country.

01:21 A constant reminder that no matter how long you've been doing this,

01:24 how many events you've seen,

01:25 the weather is always got something new in store for you.

01:29 And 2023 will certainly be a stark reminder of that for us going forward.

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