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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    Form 8-K

                    Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or
                  15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                 August 14, 2002
                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                            ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


  TEXAS AND VIRGINIA                  1-10042                 75-1743247
----------------------------      --------------------     -------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction        (Commission File       (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or                     Number)            Identification No.)
Organization)

1800 THREE LINCOLN CENTRE,
5430 LBJ FREEWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS                                 75240
----------------------------------                         --------------------
(Address of Principal                                         (Zip Code)
 Executive Offices)

                                 (972) 934-9227
                         ------------------------------
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 Not Applicable
                           ---------------------------
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

<PAGE>

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On August 14, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Robert W.
Best, and Principal Financial Officer, John P. Reddy, of Atmos Energy
Corporation, submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn
statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.

     A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1
and 99.2).

<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                                    ATMOS ENERGY CORPORATION
                                                           (Registrant)



DATE: August 14, 2002                               By: /s/ LOUIS P. GREGORY
                                                        --------------------
                                                       Louis P. Gregory
                                                       Senior Vice President
                                                       and General Counsel

<PAGE>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Item Number
-----------

   99.1      Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated
             August 14, 2002

   99.2      Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated
             August 14, 2002








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                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Robert W. Best, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
Atmos Energy Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:

     o    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

     o    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

     o    the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended September 30,
          2001 of Atmos Energy Corporation;

     o    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
          proxy materials of Atmos Energy Corporation filed with the Commission
          subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

     o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.


    /s/ ROBERT W. BEST                               Subscribed and sworn to
    ------------------                               before me this 14th day of
    Robert W. Best                                   August, 2002
    Chairman, President and CEO
    August 14, 2002                                  /s/ SUZANNE JOHNSON
                                                     ---------------------------
                                                     Notary Public

                                                     My Commission Expires:
                                                     7-17-2006

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                                                                    Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial
Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, John P. Reddy, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of
Atmos Energy Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a
subsequent covered report:

     o    no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as
          of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
          report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on
          which it was filed); and

     o    no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make
          the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances
          under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period
          covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
          definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit
committee.

(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before
the date of this statement, is a "covered report":

     o    the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended September 30,
          2001 of Atmos Energy Corporation;

     o    all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive
          proxy materials of Atmos Energy Corporation filed with the Commission
          subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

     o    any amendments to any of the foregoing.


    /s/ JOHN P. REDDY                           Subscribed and sworn to
    -------------------------                   before me this 14th day of
    John P. Reddy                               August, 2002.
    Senior Vice President and
    Chief Financial Officer                     /s/ SUZANNE JOHNSON
    August 14, 2002                             ---------------------------
                                                Notary Public

                                                My Commission Expires: 7-17-2006



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