FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas softball shortstop Braxton Burnside was visiting with a friend Saturday in her hometown of Paragould in northeastern Arkansas when news of a tornado approaching Craighead and Greene counties began spreading.
Burnside relocated to her boyfriend's grandmother's house to shelter as the tornado ripped through Jonesboro, just a short drive away to the southwest of her location.
"Yeah, it was a little too close for comfort, I'm not going to lie," Burnside said on a teleconference with teammate Sydney Parr of North Little Rock on Wednesday.
Burnside was back home in Paragould instead of facing North Texas for a scheduled doubleheader at Bogle Park with her Razorback teammates because of the suspension of athletic activities caused by the coronavirus pandemic.