The National Weather Service in Columbia has issued a flood watch for portions of east central Georgia and central South Carolina.

According to the National Weather Service, a Frost Advisory is in effect from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Tuesday for some CSRA counties

We call it the lake, but what’s its name? Lake Thurmond is the official one, unless of course you call it something else. For 20 years, it’s been the great lake name game. It’s “Out There…Somewhere” with News Channel 6’s George Eskola.

It’s time for another stop on WJBF News Channel 6’s “Your Hometown” tour. On Friday, July 10th, we broadcast our 5, 5:30, and 6 p.m. newscasts live from Elijah Clark State Park, in Lincoln County. Those stories about Lake Thurmond and the surrounding communities are now archived online.

The National Weather Service has issued several weather advisories ahead of storm systems making their way toward the CSRA.

According to the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center, several counties in the CSRA are under a Tornado Watch until 1:00 a.m.

The recent storms may have helped the area’s lake levels. For the past year, Thurmond Lake has slowly disappeared, but that is changing. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the story.

South Carolina’s jobless rate hit 8 percent in October - the highest in 25 years.  The state Employment Security Commission said Friday that 16,000 people joined the ranks of the unemployed in October. That’s a big increase from the September jobless rate of 7.3 percent. The head of the Employment Commission says the state added 4100 jobs, but the number of people filing for unemployment exceeded that.