President Donald Trump is under fire after he shared an old map of Hurricane Dorian’s projected track that added a bubble to make it look like Alabama was at one point at risk from the storm:

In the Oval Office today, @Reuters photog @J_ErnstDC snapped this shot of @DHSMcAleenan helping @POTUS hold an older #HurricaneDorian track chart indicating some sort of threat for #Alabama. (cc: @NWSBirmingham) pic.twitter.com/gyRF7Smilf — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 4, 2019

That’s a screenshot from this video put out by the White House:

President Trump told reporters he didn’t know where the added bubble came from:

"I know that Alabama was in the original forecast," says @POTUS when asked about the map in subsequent Roosevelt Room event. In original models, he contends "in all cases, Alabama was hit. … A 95 percent probability." pic.twitter.com/J21PwyqfeS — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 4, 2019

Asked if someone drew over #Alabama with a Sharpie, @POTUS replies: "I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." — Steve Herman (@W7VOA) September 4, 2019

The National Weather Service had to issue a correction after the president said over the weekend that the storm could still pose a risk to Alabama at a time when the NHC had already changed the projected path of the Category 5 hurricane:

Alabama will NOT see any impacts from #Dorian. We repeat, no impacts from Hurricane #Dorian will be felt across Alabama. The system will remain too far east. #alwx — NWS Birmingham (@NWSBirmingham) September 1, 2019

Man, what an unforced error. The president could have just stopped at the original map and said something like, “I’m sorry I misspoke” as it’s clear the storm, at one point, was headed toward Alabama. From the NHC on August 29:

We're keeping an eye on Hurricane Dorian. For Central AL, there's no reason to worry at this time but certainly check @NHC_Atlantic daily for the latest Dorian-related information. We have your local 7-day forecast at https://t.co/9rRNiZCm8d -enter your city or zip. pic.twitter.com/5usIw3ZyGV — NWS Birmingham (@NWSBirmingham) August 29, 2019

Of course, here comes the overreaction:

It is a violation of federal law to falsify a National Weather Service forecast and pass it off as official, as President Trump did here. 18 U.S. Code § 2074: https://t.co/jvROnpSJLI pic.twitter.com/TnIuvZRJoS — Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) September 4, 2019

Now they got him!

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