2034 Taylorsville, Kentucky tornado

The 2034 Taylorsville, Kentucky tornado was a very violent, long-tracked, and deadly EF5-rated tornado that struck northern Kentucky in the evening of Thursday, June 15, 2034. The tornado touched down at 7:43 PM CDT in rural Hardin County near Vine Grove before tracking northeast and slowly intensifying. The tornado reached EF5 strength as it approached and impacted Taylorsville, then continued for another 35 miles while slowly weakening. The tornado dissipated near the town of Midway in Woodford County at 9:31 PM CDT.

The tornado's path was 73.70 miles long and 1,120 yards wide at its peak. Remaining on the ground for 1 hour and 48 minutes, the tornado was responsible for 16 fatalities and 68 injuries; an unusually high fatality-to-injury rate even among EF5 tornadoes. Damage in and near Taylorsville was determined to be of "extreme EF5" intensity, with the majority of the tornado's victims being killed in "recommended places"; i.e. basements and interior rooms on the lowest levels of their houses. Extreme vegatation damage was also observed along with the desrtruction of equipment at a construction site. The National Weather Service in Louisville considered the Taylorsville tornado to be "very possibly the strongest in Kentucky state history".

The Taylorsville tornado was one of only two tornadoes in Kentucky state history to be rated F5 or EF5, the other being the Brandenburg tornado on April 3, 1974. The Taylorsville tornado was also the first violent tornado in Kentucky since 2025, as well as the longest-tracked tornado in the state since 2012. The tornado was the third-deadliest of the year 2034, behind the Florissant, Missouri EF5 on the same day and the Warren, Arkansas EF3 on February 13. The formation of the Taylorsville tornado marked the first occurrance of two EF5-rated tornadoes touching down on the same day since the 2024 Super Outbreak, ten years earlier.