Staff members were also warned against expressing their opinion about the matter. According to a NOAA meteorologist the Post spoke with on the condition of anonymity, this directive came after the NWS Birmingham office had tweeted that Trump was full of crap and Dorian was too far east for Alabama to be impacted by it.
Source: https://gizmodo.com/noaa-told-its-scientists-to-keep-their-mouths-shut-abou-1837968811