Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Opal reached Category 4 hurricane status , with sustained winds of 150 m , but weakened to a minimal Category 3 hurricane by the time of landfall at Pensacola Beach , Florida on October 4 .
Simplified: Hurricane Opal was stopped at a category 4 hurricane . When it made landfall in Florida on October 3 , it was a category 2 hurricane .