EVENING NEWS BRIEF
Storms tonight • Vote Tuesday • City meetings
November 2nd, 2026AD
TONIGHT’S HEADLINES
1. Storm timing updated for tonight
2. Election Day is Tuesday
3. City Council meets Tuesday
4. Austin World Cup referee retires
5. San Antonio marks centennial
6. Bexar sets early-vote record
WEATHER
CURRENT: 79° and overcast at the Granbury airport at 5:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.
TONIGHT: Granbury’s NWS forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Rain chance is 100%, with a quarter to half an inch possible, and a low around 58.
HAZARDS: Strong to severe storms are expected across North Texas tonight. Damaging winds are the main threat; a tornado or two is possible. No active NWS alerts for Hood County as of about 5:35 p.m.
3-DAY OUTLOOK
Tuesday: sunny, 73°/49°
Wednesday: sunny, 74°/51°
Thursday: sunny, 77°/50°
TRAFFIC
Loop 567 near Granbury Regional Airport, between FM 4 and Highway 377: film-production stops of up to 10 minutes continue 7 a.m.–7 p.m. through Tuesday, Nov. 3, the city says.
Wednesday, Nov. 4: lane closures run 7 a.m.–midnight. Both directions close 6 p.m. Thursday–6 a.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Friday–6 a.m. Saturday.
DriveTexas conditions could not be confirmed. Tonight’s storms may affect roads after dark.
LOCAL LEAD
UPDATE: STORM LINE EXPECTED TONIGHT
A line of strong to severe storms is expected across North Texas tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Fort Worth.
Damaging wind gusts are the main threat, with a tornado or two possible. Forecasters put the line through the DFW Metroplex around 10 p.m.–1 a.m.; that is not a Granbury arrival time.
Granbury’s forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. The 100% figure is the chance of rain, not severe weather.
A cold front follows. Tuesday looks sunny, breezy and cooler in Granbury, with a high near 73 and northwest gusts to 30 mph.
LOCAL PRIDE
UPDATE: ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Hood County voters can use any vote center in the county, according to TexPolls.
TexPolls puts unofficial early-voting turnout through Oct. 30 at 36.9% of registered voters. Those figures can be revised.
Check acceptable-ID rules before going. Texas provides alternatives for voters who qualify; a voter using a provisional ballot for missing ID generally has until Nov. 9 to complete the ID process.
The usual mail-ballot receipt deadline is 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Domestic ballots with a carrier-envelope postmark by 7 p.m. Tuesday may arrive by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Separate overseas and military deadlines apply, according to the Texas Secretary of State.
INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
CITY COUNCIL MEETS TUESDAY
Granbury City Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at City Hall, 116 W. Bridge St., according to the city calendar.
Earlier Tuesday, the Granbury Regional Airport Board meets 8–9 a.m. at the airport terminal. The Granbury Historic Properties Corporation meets 10–11 a.m. at City Hall.
Agendas are available on the city’s Granicus page.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
AUSTIN WORLD CUP REFEREE RETIRES
Austin soccer referee Ismail Elfath has retired from refereeing, KUT reports.
This year, he became the first American to lead an all-American officiating crew in a FIFA World Cup semifinal, according to the station.
SAN ANTONIO MARKS CENTENNIAL
The Archdiocese of San Antonio will hold a free centennial celebration Saturday, Nov. 7, at Nelson Wolff Stadium, Texas Public Radio reports.
Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller will lead Mass. The archdiocese advises making a reservation.
BEXAR SETS MIDTERM EARLY-VOTE RECORD
Bexar County ended early voting with 527,641 ballots, about 39% of registered voters, according to a San Antonio Report story carried by Texas Public Radio.
That set a local midterm early-voting record but remained below the 576,639 early ballots cast in 2024.
BOTTOM LINE
Strong to severe storms are expected tonight. DFW timing is not a Granbury arrival forecast.
Vote Tuesday at any Hood County vote center; check ID requirements before going.
Granbury City Council meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Loop 567 has production-related stops and closures this week.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26
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