Incorrect. At this point they were told to stand down. When you look at what the forecastd winds were and what the track was along that forecast - emergency managers would have been briefed at the local level (at least two days before - no problem - stand down the CAT and stop all checklists. I did this for 30 years and I'm DSCA level 1 and 2 certified. I completed FEMA courses 100, 200, 700 and 800 and I'm also a certified incident commander.
This is the location of Dorian (with the track it has made since overlayed) for advisory #33 on 1 Sept, at 11 AM EDT.
This is the FORECASTED wind field straight from the OFFICIAL NHC advisory at it's closest approach to Alabama - in 72 hours - valid for 4 Sept at 11 AM EDT -
No forecaster in their right mind would have told an IC to keep the CAT stood up in Alabama given this info - NONE.