February 1

1953: Dikes which had burst overnight let loose a severe flood into many areas of northwestern Europe.

1976: The first WSR-74 weather radar went online in Corpus Christi, Texas. An improvement on the old WSR-57 systems, 62 would eventually be installed in the United States before being replaced by the much more advanced NEXRAD Doppler radar.

1986: Cyclone Winifred made landfall in northern Queensland, killing 3 people.

1992: An avalanche killed 97 people in Gümüşhane Province in southeast Turkey.

2007: The National Weather Service began using the Enhanced Fujita scale for assessing tornado damage.