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 over land and became a tropical storm on August 26. It became stronger and turned into a hurricane at 2: 00 a. m. EDT (0600 UTC). This was about one hour after leaving Florida and entering the Gulf of Mexico.