Filter and export to a new sheet based upon multiple criteria

Situation:
I need to create a macro that will filter cells based upon multiple criteria and export them to another sheet

Attempts:
I tried to use the record macro and made some headway until I ran into the criteria limit.
I searched the forums but was unable to find any vb or macro that I could get to work

Information:
Data is copy and pasted from the Lotus Notes Sametime Client into the first sheet
Rows could go as high as 4000
All data will be in Column A
Filter needs to occur for 5 different criteria (SD*, Component/Function*, Knowledge/Defect*, Issue*, Troubleshooting Performed*)
There may be empty rows when the data is pasted in

Additional:
I have attached a spreadsheet with examples of the data that will be inserted

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!

The first suggestion is to put the source data into columns (I wrote a macro for that) filter2

Then you can use the filtering options in excell to narrow down the entries

That worked like a charm. Thank you so much Mike!