0   a . m .   P DT )   – ▁Trop ical ▁Storm ▁Am anda ▁intens ifies ▁into ▁a ▁Category   1 ▁h urr icane ▁on ▁the ▁S aff ir – Sim pson ▁h urr icane ▁wind ▁scale , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁h urr icane ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁May   2 5 ▁▁ 0 0 : 0 0   UTC ▁( 5 : 0 0   p . m .   P DT ▁May   2 4 )   – ▁H urr icane ▁Am anda ▁intens ifies ▁into ▁a ▁Category   2 ▁h urr icane . ▁ 0 6 : 0 0   UTC ▁( 1 1 : 0 0   p . m .   P DT ▁May   2 4 )   – ▁H urr icane ▁Am anda ▁rapidly ▁intens ifies ▁into ▁a ▁Category   4 ▁h urr icane . ▁ 1 2 : 0 0   UTC ▁( 5 : 0 0   a . m .   P DT )   – ▁H urr icane ▁Am anda ▁att ains ▁its ▁peak ▁intensity ▁with ▁maximum ▁sust ained ▁wind s ▁of ▁ 1 5 5   m ph ▁( 2 5 0   km / h ) ▁and ▁a ▁minimum ▁bar ometric ▁pressure ▁of ▁ 9 3 2   mb ▁( h Pa ; ▁ 2 7 . 5 3   in H g ), ▁becoming ▁the ▁strong est ▁May ▁tropical ▁cy clone ▁on ▁record ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁Pacific , ▁roughly ▁ 7 7 0   mi ▁(