Quinten was a European windstorm that swept across France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland on February 9–10, 2009. Wind speeds reached more than 160 km/h (99 mph) on some mountains.
Meteorological history
On February 8, a small low pressure area was located well to the west of the Azores. Favorable conditions aloft meant Quenten could intensify to 980 mb (29 inHg) on February 9. Early on February 10, Paris had recorded wind gusts at hurricane force. As Quinten passed over Central Europe it weakened. Quinten had weakened to 1,002 mb (29.6 inHg) on February 12, and disappeared from the Berlin weather maps on the evening of February 13.
References
Cyclone Quinten Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA