Original Hood County Express report from Monday, October 26, 2026. Weather, road conditions, election deadlines, and other time-sensitive information reflect the publication date.
Lake Granbury
Lake Granbury: 690.64 feet on October 26, 2.06 feet below the 692.70-foot conservation pool and 87.9% full, unchanged from October 19 (Texas Water Development Board).
The U.S. Geological Survey gauge near the dam read 690.65 feet at 6:30 a.m. Central.
Brazos River below De Cordova Bend Dam
USGS observed discharge of 13.2 cubic feet per second and stage of 10.18 feet at 6:15 a.m. Central. The National Weather Service does not set a flood stage at this gauge.
Brazos River near Glen Rose
USGS observed stage of 4.01 feet and discharge of 2.74 cubic feet per second at 6 a.m. Central. Minor flooding there starts at 29 feet. The National Weather Service listed no flooding.
Paluxy River at Glen Rose
USGS observed stage of 1.71 feet and discharge of 1.69 cubic feet per second at 6 a.m. Central. Minor flooding starts at 22 feet; no flooding was reported.
Flood alerts and river forecast
No flood watches, warnings or advisories for Hood or Somervell counties, according to the National Weather Service check at 6:51 a.m. Central on October 26.
There was no current National Weather Service river forecast for the Glen Rose gauges at reporting time.
Gauge readings are provisional and can be revised.
Official data sources
Texas Water Development Board reservoir levels: https://www.waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/granbury
USGS near-dam gauge: https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/08090905/
National Weather Service Glen Rose gauge: https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/GLRT2
