Got a late start on the day as initial convection developed near DDC prior to 18Z. Initial target was near the anticipated llvl moisture tongue beneath the upper level cold core near the KS/OK border (just north of Alva, OK). However while en route near ICT, a small storm developed about 30 miles to the north near Mt. Hope. Since this storm was so close and theoretically within a similar atmospheric environment, I decided to take a look. My intial view revealed a fairly robust updraft tower as the low topped convection propaged north along a residual boundary. Met up with Blair just north of Burrton where we briefly observed benign llvl structure. With little overall motion beneath the updraft region, we decided to sample the hail size within the core. We positioned along CR785 about 8 miles N of Burrton where we observed copious amounts of nickel to quarter sized hail as the storm intensified over our location. We continued to observe and measure up to 1″ hail near the intersection of CR556 and CR785.