Wow! That was extreme! I live in Hamburg at the moment (where this incident happened) and we ARE experiencing extremly high winds! Yesterday they were over 33kts steady, with gusts over 50kts I think! I can't find yesterdays METARs, but this is the current one and we have less wind than yesterday:
EDDH 021150Z 29021G35KT 9999 BKN016 BKN035 08/05 Q0995 TEMPO 29025G45KT
I found this weather info for yesterday, but it isn't a real METAR:
9 AM (14) Mar 01 44 (7) 35 (2) 29.23 (0990) WNW 33 light rain showers