When she's not at work, you can probably find her on the sidelines, cheering on her husband's team. Her favorite motto is "Adopt don't shop!" She has volunteered with local SPCA and Humane Societies, and most recently, volunteered with the Diamond Dachshund Rescue of Texas where she fell even more in love with dachshunds. Katie has a huge heart and is an outspoken advocate for local pet rescues. ![]() Katie has earned the title of Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (Certificate #113) from the American Meteorological Society and has been named "Best weather forecaster" and "Best television Personality" from local publications. Nearly $7,000 of damage occurred to her car alone. Her most memorable moment there was when she was on-air for live storm coverage as baseball-sized hail was falling outside. Most recently, Katie worked at KSAT 12 in San Antonio, deep in the heart of Texas. Most notably, the ice storm of December 2007 when she won a regional EMMY award for her coverage. While in Tulsa, Katie also covered lots of winter weather events. She's been an eyewitness to at least a dozen tornadoes from a station storm chase vehicle and even from the air in a station helicopter. She was the weekend meteorologist for two years before moving to KOTV-TV in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she spent several years not only forecasting severe storms but chasing tornadoes as well. Mark has been her mentor ever since and she is very excited to be working with him again.Īfter college, Katie began her television career right back here in East Texas at KTRE in Lufkin. She credits Mark for her success as he was the first person to encourage her to pursue television. Not sure of the direction she wanted her career to take, Katie began an internship right here at KLTV with Chief Meteorologist Mark Scirto. in Meteorology at one of the country's most prestigious weather schools. A proud graduate of Troup High school and Tyler Junior College, Katie earned an associate's degree in Physics before transferring to the University of Oklahoma to earn a B.S. Katie was born and raised right here in the Piney Woods. ![]() ![]() Meteorologist Katie Vossler is a part of the Good Morning East Texas team and no stranger to East Texas.
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