The storm weakened over land on August 26 to a tropical storm, but regained strength to hurricane status at 2: 00 a. m. EDT (0600 UTC), approximately one hour after ending its passage through Florida and entering the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm weakened to a tropical storm over land on August 26, but gained back strength to the hurricane status at 2:00 a.m. m. EDT (0600 UTC), approximately one hour after passing through Florida and entering the Gulf of Mexico.