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 turns into a tropical storm on land on August 26th, but became a hurricane again at 2:00 a.m. EDT. This was about one hour after going through Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico.