Hamilton County emergency workers were planning at 8 p.m. today to abandon a 10-hour search on Chickamauga Lake for a distressed person reported to be in the water.
Searchers were scouring the waters for the person after a morning report that someone was in the water clinging to a life jacket, waving and yelling for help, Hamilton County Emergency Services spokeswoman Amy Maxwell said.
She said search efforts were hindered by high, fast water as well as all the debris from recent rains. Searchers saw no signs of the distressed person, and since a bass fishing tournament was about to start, it was necessary for searchers to get off the water, Ms. Maxwell said.
“We have not have any reports of anyone not returning from the water today or any reports of a missing boater,” Ms. Maxwell said.
The search will continue in the morning, she said.