SOUTH BEND — Severe storms ripped through northern Indiana Sunday afternoon leaving a trail of costly damage behind.

“I’ve got little bumps all over my car on the roof, the hood, the sides, everywhere!” exclaimed Mishawaka resident Judy Menzie. She watched helplessly from her apartment window as golf ball-sized hail pelted her one-year-old car. Her neighbor and a female friend also suffered damage to their vehicles.

“I’ve lived here my entire life and never seen anything like it before,” said Krista Dentino. “I’m sure the insurance claims will be flooding in tomorrow.”

In South Bend large trees blew over including one that ended up on the roof of a home in the 54000 block of 29th Street.

“Nobody’s home,” said neighbor Bill Thielke. “We’ll get out here with chain saws and have it all cleaned up. But when he (the homeowner gets home) he’s really going to be surprised.”

By late afternoon, 1,500 American Electric Power customers were without power in St. Joseph County. More than 1,700 were in the dark in Elkhart County.

A Lakeville woman narrowly escaped injury when a large tree toppled over, smashing her car just minutes after she got out. She said the vehicle is likely totaled.

There were no reports of any injuries from the storm.