Steadily intensifying, the depression intensified to tropical storm strength at 1800 UTC on August 27.Atlantic hurricane best track The strengthening tropical storm passed to the south of Andros Island during the evening of August 29, before making its first landfall 35 miles south of Miami, Florida on Key Largo at 0400 UTC the next day as a strong, compact tropical storm with winds of 65 mph (100 km/h).