UPDATE: The two Signal Mountain hikers have been rescued. As of 10:55 p.m., the men and rescue crews are hiking down the mountain to the Suck Creek Trail entrance.
No injuries have been reported.
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ORIGINAL STORY: Rescue personnel have been searching for two lost hikers since 7:30 p.m. today on the Suck Creek Trail Head on Signal Mountain, according to a news release from Hamilton County Emergency Services.
Rescue personnel have been searching for two lost hikers since 7:30 p.m. today on the Suck Creek Trail Head on Signal MountainA 21-year-old man called 911 and said he his friend, another 21-year-old man, were lost and off the hiking trail because of a flash flood stream which was created from a large downpour on Signal Mountain about 4:30 p.m. today.
Rescue personnel are hiking into Suck Creek Trail head at the bottom and top of Signal Mountain. They have been in contact via cell phone with the two hikers who have informed the rescue personnel they don't know their location because they had to move to a non-established trail to dodge the raging waters. The hikers also told rescue personnel that they are trapped on one side of the mountain rapids.
Rescue personnel are hiking as quickly and safely as they can in the dark to locate them.
Signal Mountain has requested a mutual aid response for additional manpower.