A worker clears debris from a crush SUV after a tree was blown down, trapping the driver during a mid-morning storm in Valparaiso Friday June 29, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Workers clear debris from fallen trees outside a home on Wayne St. in Valparaiso Friday June 29, 2012. High winds from a mid-morning storm blew a number of trees over in the area. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A Valparaiso Public Works crew cleans up ater a 150-year-old tree fell as Mary Ann Carter watches from her porch after a storm moved through the area in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday June 29, 2012. Carter, who was home at the time, said the tree was planted shortly after the house was built about 151 years ago. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

"I heard it crack. Then I looked outside and said, oh it's going down," said Mary Ann Carter (background, right) of the 150-year-old tree that fell in her yard as her sister Theresa Carmody (background, left) arrived to comfort her and Don Cutter (foreground) surveys the downed branches after a storm moved through the area in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday June 29, 2012. Carter said the tree was planted shortly after the house was built 151 years ago at the corner of Weston and Chicago streets. A crew from the Valparaiso Public Works cleared the large tree from the yard and streets. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A Valparaiso Public Works crew cleans up the remains of a tree that fell on a Ford Explorer on Wayne Street near Chicago Street after a storm moved through the area in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday June 29, 2012. A woman was in the car at the time, but was able to get out on her own, according to the work crew. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

A member of a Valparaiso Public Works crew saws down large portions of a 150-year-old tree that fell at the corner of Weston and Chicago streets after a storm moved through the area in Valparaiso, Ind. Friday June 29, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

The leading edge of a storm flows eastward as traffic heads south on Mississippi St. in Merrillville Friday June 29, 2012. The fast-moving storm generated hail, rain and high winds. | Andy Lavalley~Sun-Times Media