the german meteorological service had advised people to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary trips on 18 january, and wind strengths of up to 12 on the beaufort scale were seen across the netherlands and germany as the storm made landfall. the storm moved across the german states of lower saxony, bremen, hamburg, schleswig-holstein and north rhine-westphalia first, then spread across the whole country in the evening hours of 18 january. wind gusts as high as on the wendelstein and on the brocken in the harz mountains were recorded. the storm then moved eastwards, its center crossing lower saxony between 18:00 and 19:00 cet, moving toward the baltic sea, its cold front spawning several tornadoes in germany, three of which have been confirmed as of 22 february. in the poland the highest wind speed was measured on sněžka in the krkonoše mountains, where wind gusts reached . in the czech republic winds as high as disrupted both rail and air traffic; record high temperatures reached in prague.