A staffer at National Weather Service's office in Birmingham set the record straight in a tweet.
Employees told the New York Times that they still stand behind the tweet, despite the controversy surrounding Alabama (see: Sharpiegate).
One employee, Michael Garrison, told the New York Times that the tweet wasn't politically motivated.
On September 1, Trump said that Hurricane Dorian was headed to Alabama.
At that point, the eye of the storm was over the Bahamas, where it would cause destruction.
Read more: The storm has moved on, but Alabamans are still divided over Trump's fake Hurricane Dorian warning.
Instead, he altered a map from the National Hurricane Center showing the hurricane's outdated path headed toward Alabama. »