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.
On August 26, the storm lost strength and became a tropical storm. It became to a hurricane again at 2:00 am EDT. This happened an hour after it traveled from Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.