Our Story

BAMWX'S STORY

From storm chasing to social media forecasts, BAMWX has evolved into a multi-service organization spreading various types of weather information across the globe. Driven by a passion for weather preparedness, strong company culture and giving back to the community, BAMWX’s story continues…

The Mission

Empowering lives worldwide through valuable weather forecasts and meaningful relationships.

Better Forecasts

In a world increasingly moving to automation, we believe PEOPLE are what separates us from other technology. By bringing together advanced technology and data and a personalized experience, we believe we can EMPOWER people in whatever role they might be in through better weather forecasts.

Better Prepared

With any of our services, you should feel more prepared for impacts before, during, or after weather events. While weather impacts EVERYONE, how it affects everyone is different. We want to empower people by giving them the exact type of information they need for their specific situation, so they can tackle anything!

Better Relationships

At BAMWX, we offer more than just forecasts or data. We believe that to truly understand how to best help people, we need to understand how the weather forecast we're building impacts YOU. To do that, we aim to nurture relationships and ensure you are getting an over-the-top customer service experience.

The Journey

BAMWX LLC was founded in late 2012 by co-founders and owners Bryan Kilgore, Amanda Kilgore and Michael Clark. At the time, the company was called “BAM CHASE” and with BAM standing for the owners, Bryan, Amanda and Michael.

Initially, BAM began as storm chasers – including chasing the 2012 EF-4 tornado in Henryville, IN. Video taken by BAM of the Henryville tornado received local and nationwide recognition.Over time, BAM evolved into something entirely different. From storm chasers to providing free weather forecasts on social media platforms, eventually BAM began to offer small subscriptions providing a more detailed, bolder weather forecast. Eventually, the team realized that not only did the general public need better weather information, but business owners, events and more needed more reliable, specific weather forecast information.

Subsequently, BAM Chase evolved into BAMWX or BAM Weather and the services – and team – began to expand.From working out of a homemade office in Bryan and Amanda’s home to becoming a multi-million-dollar company, twelve years later, BAM now services thousands of clients across the United States, Canada and South America.

In addition to services clients across industries like Agriculture, Energy, Snow Removal, Construction and more, BAM consults with major events across the country. This has included major events such as the NCAA Men’s Final 4, World Series, Daytona 500, Big Ten Football Championship, race teams at the Indianapolis 500, Taylor Swift Concerts and more.

BAMWX LLC has now grown into an organization that supports clients across the United States and even globally. In 2023, BAMWX began hosting weather forecasts and consulting on a new innovative platform, Clarity. In addition to Clarity, BAMWX provides services for weather API technology, preparedness training and more. With continual innovation of weather technology, BAMWX LLC hopes to bring their mission worldwide of empowering lives through valuable weather forecasts and build meaningful relationships along the way.

Community Outreach

BAMWX makes a consistent effort to be trailblazers outside of the weather community by supporting charitable works. BAM is a staunch supporter of “The Cure Starts Now” which focuses on the research of pediatric brain cancer. In 2024, with the Adalynn Strong Chapter of the Cure Starts Now, BAMWX helped launch the first annual Storm Cancer 5K. The event raised over $44,000 with all of the proceeds going to pediatric brain cancer research, specifically DIPG, in memory of Adalynn Jessen of Franklin, IN who passed away from this disease in 2021 at the age 4.