| Tropical storm (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Tropical Storm Amanda over central Guatemala on May 31 | |
| Formed | May 30, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Dissipated | May 31, 2020 |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 40 mph (65 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 1003 mbar (hPa); 29.62 inHg |
| Fatalities | 14 total |
| Damage | Unknown |
| Areas affected | Eastern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua |
| Part of the 2020 Pacific hurricane season | |
Tropical Storm Amanda was a short-lived but deadly tropical cyclone that caused widespread and significant flooding in Central America in late May 2020.
Meteorological history
editLate on May 24, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring the potential for a broad area of low pressure to develop later that week a few hundred miles south of the coasts of southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador, where environmental conditions were expected to support gradual development.[1] Two days later, a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad trough of low pressure developed in this region within a large cyclonic gyre.[2]
- ^ Robbie J. Berg (May 24, 2020). "Five-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook". Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ John P. Cangialosi (May 26, 2020). "Five-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook". Miami, Florida: National Hurricane Center. Retrieved June 1, 2020.