Around 00:00 UTC the following day, the depression re-intensified into a tropical storm and made landfall in Cuba near Playa Girón in Matanzas Province. Dennis moved northward across the island and emerged into the Straits of Florida near Cárdenas shortly after 06:00 UTC.
The depression that formed around 00:00 UTC the following day intensified to a tropical storm and made landfall in Cuba near Playa Girón in Matanzas Province. It then moved northward across the island, emerging into the Straits of Florida near Cárdenas shortly after 06:00 UTC.