MORNING NEWS BRIEF
Windy today • Storms tonight • Election Day tomorrow
November 2nd, 2026AD
TODAY’S HEADLINES
1. Strong storms possible tonight
2. Election Day is tomorrow
3. Bridge delay and Loop 567 stops
4. Texas early vote tops 2018 rate
5. Paxton's Monday campaign stops
WEATHER
CURRENT: 66° and clear, with a south-southeast wind near 9 mph, at Granbury Regional Airport at 4:55 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
TODAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86°, according to the National Weather Service's Granbury forecast. South wind 10-15 mph, gusting to 35 mph.
TONIGHT: An 80% chance of rain, with showers and thunderstorms mainly between 9 p.m. and 3 a.m. Low around 59°. A quarter to half an inch of rain is possible.
HAZARDS: NWS Fort Worth expects a line of strong to severe storms this evening into tonight. Damaging winds are the main concern; large hail and a brief tornado are also possible.
No NWS alerts for Hood County were listed at 5:38 a.m. Central.
3-DAY OUTLOOK
Tuesday: sunny, 73°/50°
Wednesday: sunny, 76°/52°
Thursday: sunny, 78°/50°
TRAFFIC
Expect a brief delay on Pearl St. Bridge around 6:30 a.m. today while an overhead banner is installed, according to the City of Granbury.
Film production may bring stops of up to 10 minutes on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport. The city's daytime window is 7 a.m.-7 p.m. through Tuesday, Nov. 3.
LOCAL LEAD
WINDY MONDAY BEFORE TONIGHT'S STORMS
Granbury heads toward a warm, windy Monday before a line of strong to severe storms moves across North Texas this evening into tonight, according to NWS Fort Worth.
Damaging wind gusts are the main concern. NWS also describes a risk of large hail and a brief tornado. Have a way to receive warnings overnight.
The forecast puts the main line near the I-35 corridor around 11 p.m. That is a regional timing marker, not a Granbury arrival time.
Granbury's rain chance tonight is 80%, with a quarter to half an inch possible. That percentage describes precipitation, not the chance of severe weather.
NWS expects dry, breezy and cooler weather Tuesday after the storms move east.
LOCAL PRIDE
ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Hood County uses countywide polling, so voters can use any Election Day polling location in the county, according to TexPolls.
Through Oct. 29, Hood County recorded 17,965 early votes, or 33.2% of registered voters, in Secretary of State figures compiled by TexPolls. Those figures do not include the final day of early voting.
INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
LOOP 567 CLOSURES CONTINUE THIS WEEK
After daytime filming stops scheduled through Tuesday, the City of Granbury lists lane closures on Loop 567 for Wednesday, Nov. 4.
Full closures in both directions are scheduled from 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to 6 a.m. Friday, and from 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, to 6 a.m. Saturday.
The affected stretch runs between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
TEXAS EARLY VOTE TOPS 2018 RATE
More than 7.7 million Texans voted early, The Texas Tribune reports, citing preliminary data from the secretary of state's office as of Sunday morning.
That puts turnout at 40.5% of registered voters, above the modern-day midterm high set in 2018, according to the Tribune.
PAXTON HAS TWO MONDAY CAMPAIGN STOPS
U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton has events scheduled in Conroe at 11 a.m. and Allen at 5:30 p.m. today, The Texas Tribune reports.
The events follow an apparent change in plans for a rally at the Alamo the night before Election Day. Paxton appeared to scrap those plans, according to the Tribune.
BOTTOM LINE
Expect a warm, windy day. Keep overnight storm warnings within reach.
Election Day is tomorrow; NWS expects dry, breezy weather Tuesday.
Allow for the 6:30 a.m. Pearl St. Bridge delay and Loop 567 filming stops.
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