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Southwest Gas Declares Third Quarter Dividend

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Southwest Gas Corporation logo. (PRNewsFoto)[TC AG]
LAS VEGAS, NV USA
    LAS VEGAS, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors for
Southwest Gas Corporation (NYSE: SWX) has declared the following third quarter
cash dividend:

               Common Stock
               Payable        September 2, 2003
               Of Record      August 15, 2003
               Dividend       $.205 per share

    The dividend equates to 82 cents per share on an annualized basis.  The
Company has paid quarterly dividends continuously since going public in 1956.

    About Southwest Gas
    Southwest Gas Corporation purchases, transports and distributes natural
gas to approximately 1.4 million residential, commercial, industrial and other
customers in geographically diverse portions of Arizona, Nevada and
California. Its service territories are centered in the fastest-growing region
of the country.  For more information about Southwest Gas, please visit
http://www.swgas.com

    This press release may contain statements which constitute "forward-
looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995 (Reform Act).  All such forward-looking statements are intended to be
subject to the safe harbor protection provided by the Reform Act.  A number of
important factors affecting the business and financial results of the Company
could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in the
forward-looking statements.  These factors include, but are not limited to,
the impact of weather variations on customer usage, natural gas prices, the
effects of regulation/deregulation, the timing and amount of rate relief,
changes in capital requirements and funding, acquisitions, and competition.

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SOURCE Southwest Gas Corporation




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