Courtesy of Pulaski County

Floodwaters fill streets west of the emergency dispatch center in Pulaski on Saturday morning.

Heavy rains meant trouble for roads and a building in Pulaski and Giles counties on Saturday.

A rock slide blocked both westbound lanes of U.S. 460 near the intersection with Virginia 61 at Narrows, Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Heidi Underwood said. She said the blockage was cleared by about 3:30 p.m.

Minor roads in the town of Pulaski and some outlying roads in Pulaski County were impassable until early Saturday afternoon because of flooding.

Fire and rescue crews began working as early as 3:30 a.m., and Pulaski County declared a state of emergency, Pulaski County Administrator Pete Huber said.

A swift-water rescue team from Radford was called to help, and the town of Pulaski opened an emergency shelter at Pulaski Elementary School.

Huber said the shelter housed three individuals and a family. The three individuals' stay was temporary, while arrangements were made for the family at a local hotel. The shelter closed at 11 a.m., he said.

Huber said no flood-related deaths occurred in the county.

A two-story vacant building on Main Street in Pulaski collapsed Friday night from heavy rain. The former restaurant structure on Main Street had been empty for years, said Chip Hutchinson, fire marshal for the town of Pulaski. He said did not know how long it had been vacant.

The building's roof leaked and weight of heavy rains forced it to cave in, he said. Town representatives barricaded the building after the collapse, and they'll soon finish demolishing it, he said.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches were common in Southwest Virginia on Friday night and early Saturday. In southern West Virginia, heavy rain on top of mountain snowpack caused even more widespread flooding. The Bluestone River at Pipestem reached a record crest of 17.18 feet, according to the National Weather Service.

-- Lerone Graham and Jenny Kincaid Boone