Measuring rain might seem simple, just put out a bucket and see how much water collects, right? But meteorologists need more precision, and collecting rain data is more of an artform than you ...

"A single rain event doesn't necessarily change where we're at in our drought contingency plan or where we're at as far as a drought,” Alice City Manager Michael Esparza said.

This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief newsletter. Sign up here to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. Measuring rain might seem ...