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 on August 26. It regained hurricane status again at 2: 00 a. m., approximately one hour after it left Florida to enter the Gulf of Mexico.