The Weather Channel's 40 Years, by the Numbers
At a Glance The Weather Channel debuted on May 2, 1982.Coverage has included record hurricanes, winter storms and billion-dollar disasters. Forty years. That's a lot of tornadoes, hurricanes, raindrops and hailstones. Here's a look at some of the most interesting and important weather statistics since The Weather Channel debuted on May 2, 1982. More Than 45,000 Confirmed Tornadoes Of those, 21 caused damage on the Fujita scale, the highest level of damage for tornadoes, according to NOAA's Storm Prediction Center....