EAST RIDGE, Tenn. — Campers had to pack up and move out of their spots at the Camping World campgrounds on Ringgold Road.

On Wednesday, the Chickamauga Creek began flooding the parking lot and campgrounds. Neither were visible because they were completely covered with water more than a foot deep in some places.

Employees heeded warnings from Paul Barys and began moving trailers from the lower parking lot as soon as they heard the rain was coming. "We had enough warning from weathercasters and we moved. We started yesterday morning," says Brent Harwell.

The employees have seen the area flood before, but it always comes as a surprise. "It is a shock to see when you are used to seeing three separate ponds and a creek and now it is all completely filled with water," Harwell says.

SOURCE: WRCB-TV