Midday News Brief: November 2, 2026

MIDDAY NEWS BRIEF

Storm timing • Early vote • Senate race

November 2nd, 2026AD

MIDDAY HEADLINES

1. UPDATE: Severe storms possible

2. UPDATE: Early vote 36.9%

3. Election Day: Senate race

MIDDAY WEATHER

CURRENT: 81° and clear at the Granbury airport at 11:15 a.m., with south winds near 22 mph gusting to 29 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

THIS AFTERNOON: Granbury's NWS forecast calls for a high near 86°, falling toward 84° in the afternoon. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts to 35 mph.

TONIGHT: Showers and thunderstorms are likely, mainly between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m., with an 80% chance of rain. Low around 59°, rising near 62° overnight.

A quarter to half an inch of rain is possible.

NEXT 12 HOURS: noon–3 p.m. sunny to mostly sunny, 83–85° • 3–6 p.m. partly to mostly sunny, 85–86°

6–9 p.m. slight chance of storms, 81–77°, 20% rain chance • 9 p.m.–midnight showers and thunderstorms, 76–72°, 76% rain chance

HAZARDS: Damaging winds are the main concern as tonight's storms form a line, NWS Fort Worth says. No active Hood County NWS alerts were listed as of 11:35 a.m. Monday.

Hood County burn-ban status could not be confirmed in the research check; with gusts near 35 mph, check with the county before any outdoor burning.

3-DAY OUTLOOK

Tuesday: sunny, 73°/50°

Wednesday: sunny, 76°/52°

Thursday: sunny, 78°/50°

TRAFFIC

Film production may cause stops of up to 10 minutes on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near the airport, 7 a.m.–7 p.m. through Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Corridors to watch: US 377, SH 144, FM 4, FM 51 and Loop 567. Current DriveTexas conditions could not be confirmed in the research check; that is not an all-clear.

MIDDAY LEAD

UPDATE: STORM LINE COULD LINGER INTO ELECTION DAY MORNING

The line of storms expected tonight will likely leave the NWS Fort Worth region around 8 a.m. Tuesday, the weather service says. That is a regional exit estimate, not a Granbury storm-end time.

Spotter activation may be requested late this afternoon and evening across parts of North and Central Texas, according to NWS Fort Worth.

The line's fast movement should keep the flash-flood threat low, though the strongest storms could bring locally heavy rain. Damaging winds are the main concern as the storms become a line.

LOCAL PRIDE

UPDATE: HOOD COUNTY EARLY VOTE REACHES 36.9%

Hood County's newer early-vote tally includes the final day, Oct. 30: 19,947 in person and 30 by mail, or 36.9% of registered voters, according to TexPolls.

Those figures are unofficial, and the Texas secretary of state's report was still incomplete. The county elections page now lists Oct. 30 voter history.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Hood County uses countywide vote centers, so voters may use any Election Day polling location in the county, TexPolls reports.

NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS

TARRANT COUNTY DRAWS SENATE RACE ATTENTION

Neighboring Tarrant County is one place to watch Tuesday night in the U.S. Senate race between Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico, The Texas Tribune reports.

The Tribune says polls put the candidates within the margin of error and a close Tarrant result would be a good sign for Paxton.

Libertarian Ted Brown received 2.4% in the 2024 Senate race. A similar share this time could leave the winner below 50%, the Tribune reports.

BOTTOM LINE

Tonight's storms could persist into Tuesday morning somewhere in the NWS Fort Worth region; 8 a.m. is not a Granbury all-clear.

The latest Hood County early-vote figures include Oct. 30 but remain unofficial and incomplete.

Loop 567 filming stops continue through Tuesday during the 7 a.m.–7 p.m. window.

Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26

Midday News Brief: November 2, 2026